• 0x0@programming.dev
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    7 months ago

    He didn’t side with the Kremlin he chose not to go back to the Land of the Free and be tried for being a whistleblower or worse. Self-preservation.

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      7 months ago

      Why go seek shelter from the Kremlin if he wasn’t already compromised? Seems like there are many better places he could have gone.

      • Because the Kremlin would protect him and help him broadcast his message. It harms the US government, so the Kremlin sees providing Snowden with protection and a platform as an absolute win.

        Most other countries that are remotely aligned with the US might be pressured to keep Snowden quiet.