Re: Snowden’s Box – The human network behind the leak

On 04/17/2017 01:51 PM, John Newman wrote:

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On Apr 15, 2017, at 11:44 AM, Mirimir wrote:

http://harpers.org/archive/2017/05/snowdens-box/?single=1

Can't believe he mailed it as B Manning from his actual address. Funny ;)

Yeah. It wasn't exactly his address. One digit off. But ... Perhaps it was a test to see if either he or the recipient was under observation. If the NSA was on to him, and tracking stuff from his address, the package might have been intercepted, or the recipient questioned. Or similarly if the NSA was watching the recipient, and saw a package from B Manning. But arguably, the NSA wouldn't be so dumb as to tip off the recipient. They'd just monitor. Maybe the FBI would, however. Hard to say. Or maybe it was just a dark joke.