alt Hacker News> Snowden had the same dilemma. He was asking the NSA lawyers about the legality of their programs, and he never got an honest answer.
That’s why he fled to China and then to Russia, as any true patriot with the interests of the American people at heart would do.
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DANmode • today at 11:15 AM
Bringing this poorly-informed comment back in order to ask:
on which Murdoch-owned garbage network did you hear that?
“Hong Kong” is not “China”, and if it subjectively is now, was less so at the time.
He was aiming for Ecuador, or similar.
It’s really mostly a matter of politics (and a bit of luck) that he didn’t get scooped up in HK for one intent or another.
https://www.reuters.com/article/world/china-persuaded-snowde...
nickburns • today at 11:36 AM
Holy derp.
Genuinely curious: what would you have had him do instead?