On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:09:30AM +0000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

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Edward Snowden: 'They've Said They Wouldn't Torture Me...' :

http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/edward-snowden-theyve-said-

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/14/2015 06:54 AM, Georgi Guninski wrote: they-wouldnt-torture-me/ri10351

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Also: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-34444233

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/10/06/snowden_bbc_interview_anal ysis/

Edward Snowden denies making a deal with the Russian secret service

--- Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has not done a deal with the Russian state security agency to acquire political asylum, the whistleblower revealed in a television version of a BBC interview. ---

I would be very surprised if the russians don't have much more of his dump than journos have, even if they don't have "formal deal".

I would be surprised if he did deliver docs to the Russians. Now that we have had a better look at him, it seems that our Mr. Snowden is a bit of a fiend for OpSec. As such, I can't see him carrying red hot docs, or the means of accessing them, around with him after confirmed delivery to Greenwald & Co. In the first place, doing so would make him a more valuable target for multiple State actors. Second, it would provide a big reward to anyone who might have managed to snatch him and turn him inside out; if he had nothing, it would at least provide him the satisfaction of knowing that his captors got nothing of value out of him. Since it's very credible that Russia was not his intended destination, the concept of buying his way in with classified information (a la Lee Oswald) just doesn't fit. Russia's handling of Snowden so far has been consistent with their propaganda objective of appearing to be morally superior to their US/NATO adversaries in Cold War II. One might also note that Snowden has always spoken politely of his Russian hosts but has not made any overtly pro-Russian propaganda broadcasts. :o) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJWHlZEAAoJEDZ0Gg87KR0LoZIQALrAtzTdcr8JgUMJ9iAzD3JO UFeI7G/lWJYUtzxtF2MC3tPmpPbIImbnPDFrbEtLjNRVoAZPCVYLyLGW4TjDU7Zd XaQWn5x9QFIuo8cJLeS+uVZKLr4u0FglMabU0MrmzxD5OO8ppKrUQB/9QfvHc215 FFCWjiZfwenKqBcOcGL95q5hv5krcCDdgYWuxhMkNmL/BiPqXvKSRI1Vn4KYdt92 /0sqA9Dmx9n+dE6OKe6GWGGrWeG8CaZFNBqrqpTDUuQxYQkXuXzFGlcYDbQOf858 DKp5KAR/5tGPGqCIEWtl7P5Y/ej72vQl9gqljyDp+0t0rFXacKgNicKh4OSlriEq O5v2LYwai1SpGtY7AdIjY2ktDPPaNndksRpBNWHoV701+huipo+HgYsxqNEYZ15y a/HIJGMe93TWbP48z4wT0AKNADDsGMa6HOnHqw9koxS5Lo14uQi6nyWoK4psq3yv QGdJMcwCndz0jFdcHopHM9PYgPvAW2TIyMdzVJwWTM+Z0mV4/Rp2zt7qDrFl886E m5y82TazCQEGqY4Y3njw42+JsmgunxDr5Ib0QccwsRso0sPKO28OZPy8hE4ax67a bHEJ9kxxV78oal0UTEAdEyNN7/C0msXuwY1y2r8IhRaaw/9iAYynN4zP3lpWITSb zJ94TitpC/l6xBwcL0Ui =Wa0G -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----