On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Razer <[1]rayzer@riseup.net> wrote:

   ...

     So he returns home to a hero's welcome and a year later he's been
     involved in a fatal car wreck, or airplane crash, or, as a cover
     story
     when he's found dead in a ditch on a back road in Florida, tortured
     and
     beaten to an unrecognizable pulp, "the Russians did it".
     I think there's a serious underestimation here of just how murderous
     the
     US government is if someone betrays them... Hell! You don't even
     have to
     betray them. Just annoy the wrong people.
     Sorry Edward Snowden is in Exile for life whether he likes it or
     not, if
     he wants to stay alive.

   I agree that if I were Snowden I wouldn't ever trust the USG, but I
   don't see how it serves the government's purposes to have him die in
   any way where would-be whistleblowers don't at least strongly suspect
   is connected to his leaks. They want to make an example of him, because
   leaks are the thing the USG is by far the most vulnerable to.

References

   1. mailto:rayzer@riseup.net