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

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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.