Ex CIA Spy Reacts To Edward Snowden’s Russian Citizenship
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- Former CIA spy Andrew Bustamante reacts to Edward Snowden receiving Russian Citizenship from Vladimir Putin. Does Andrew Bustamante think that Edward Snowden is selling secrets to Russia? Is Putin going to use Snowden as a combatant for The Kremlin? What does Every Day Spy believe is Edward Snowden’s reason for going to Russia?
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Ed Calderon would be a great guest
Sorry Chris, ES Had to make sure he wasn’t Epsteined. Andrew is probably still active.
Please excuse Edward Snowden for not "Falling on his Sword" and consenting to be arrested, tried in secret and send away to life in prison. Snowden fled first to Hong Kong and was painted as a Chinese Spy and then tried to get asylum in Ecuador or Bolivia, but was blocked by the Obama Administration who threatened both countries. Snowden was basically "Trapped" in Moscow and had zero choice but to stay there. The guy has been there for 9 years and has an American Wife and two Children, so if he is going to have to live in Russia for the rest of his life, why not apply and accept citizenship for yourself and your family.
Trump was going to pardon Assange and Snowden on the way out the door, but was threatened by Senate Majority Leader McConnel, Senators Graham and Rubio, that they would vote to Impeach Trump if he pardoned both men.
If Snowden had to give the Russians more secrets to stay in Russia, good on him, as what loyalty does he owe to a criminal and corrupt US government??? I would have done the same. Also the people in government who secretly spied on millions of Americans Illegally, will never be brought to justice. One rule for Thee and One rule for Me. F-them All.
Yeah, former CIA guy saying it's 100% OK to murderer an American Citizen without a trial, conviction or nothing, just because they are on foreign soil, they lose all their rights to due process??? I mean if he was here in the USA, we could just Epstein him, but heck, he's overseas, so let's just car bomb him, his wife and two young kids or drone strike him. Besides women and children are just collateral damage, no big deal. Do you even hear yourself talk??? Do you ever wonder why Americans hate people like you and the security apparatus you work for, which seems more and more like the KGB or the Stasi.
Boris Johnson has a good chance of a citizenship from the Kremlin with honours.
Edward Snowden.
Sorry but CIA & FBI have deservedly lost all credibility & public trust.
Truth
FBI agents who bent the knee to support BLM the organization during a protest got promoted & those who support conservative valued dismissed. CIA is the same for making Snowden their scapegoat while hiding Hunter's laptop and Epstein's list. Epstein & Maxwell were connected to the CIA. These groups are just private armies for politicians essentially.
At this point they have about as much “moral high ground” as the stasi and gestapo.
Not true there are voices like john stockwell that can be trusted
@@Silver_Prussian 😂😂😂
It’s amazing to me how all these former “spooks”, have spent their entire life deceiving and plotting and are so readily believed now that they are “retired”
It's the new tactic to get people to put their guard down. Notice how their views never go against their "former" agencies, though. You can imagine some boomer in an office chatting to his colleagues; “these podcasts are now the hip thing that the kids listen to, right?".
@@OutOfNamesToChoose if they were ever against their former agency, then they wouldn’t have joined in the first place dummy
I don't readily believe them, nor do I think most folks do
He must be hip and down with the kids, he's got long hair and is wearing a T-shirt!
@@captainchadapparelaccessor6556 not necessarily. a lot of people are naive and think they're doing good until they get in and see a lot of corruption.
he's transitioned from spy to propagandist
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
Yup. Greasball got promoted.
always has been
the technical term from soviet era, is "useful idiot",
though I happen to think the powers that be, engineered this situation, not Snowden.
Silence is not propoganda. Shut up.
"You don't end up a Russian citizen by doing the right thing the right way."
Wasn't he stuck in Russia on his way to another country in South America?
Yes, and the U.S. ensured it so they could employ Red Scare propaganda techniques like those seen here.
Exactly. He wanted to go to Equador, but there's no direct flight to there from Hong Kong. His intent was to fly to Russia, to Cuba, to Venezuela, to Equador. John Kerry revoked his passport when he was waiting to fly out of Moscow, stranding him in the airport there for weeks. He got stuck in Russia not by choice.
@@MrWhipple42 they also threatened Cuba so that they would not allow him to pass through on his way to Ecuador.
I've listened to this guy talk before, he's very personable and knows exactly how much to drop his guard and be candid enough to get you on his side but make no mistake about it, he is not retired from the CIA at the very least, not retired from serving their interests. As such, presenting the Snowden Russian citizenship as an either or, black or white scenario is a sneaky way of discrediting Snowden. Of course he conveniently ignores the fact that the US had revoked his passport while he was in Russia and he was essentially stranded there. Seeing what had happened to Assange Snowden simply took the only logical option available to him. To present that as a shady alignment with Russia in order to bolster the argument that he himself is and always has been a shady character(essentially what he is alluding to there) is in itself a pretty shady and manipulative thing to do. I do not like this guy one bit, he smacks of deep state psy ops all the way.
Oh, the Blake Association...You're priceless. Just priceless.
FACT CHECK: Snowden never traveled to Ecuador.
The Government of Ecuador offered asylum to Snowden, and Snowden traveled from Hong Kong to Russia for the purpose of traveling to Ecuador. He was forced to remain in Russia because the United States Government revoked his passport.
The point is that Snowden wanted to leave Russia. He was forced to remain in Russia because of a decision made by the United States Government.
Exactly, the U.S. would have put him in prison for life or until he died “accidentally.” Russia was telling all Americans to leave, and Snowden preferred Russian citizenship to life or death in the U.S. God bless him.
So he could now travel to Ecuador as a Russian citizen?
yeah ,,thank u ,,,i caught that too,,,!!!, [snowden was] never in ecaudor ,, ,,hes wrong about citi zen ship ,, famous ,french actor and steven seagal got russian citizenship ,plus gotta be others too,,,,,[[u can get ccitizenship if u a good person and have a talent that good not evil,,, ///... this bustamante is lieing ,,,iin my opinion there s more truth in russia than in america ,,,// long ago i made bets putin would get rid of the crook jewish oligarches ,, and i won that bet ,,too,,,[i made alot bet s on putin and won ,,[thank god] ,,i trust putin way more than this guy byustamister ,,,,he sounds like front guy trying to put a smiley face on the cia ,,[i assume hes italian ,,,,i wouldnt trust him period ,, i would watch my coffee if i was at his table ,,, and i,m italian too ,,.]this all sounds like a cia psycho op to fool the public ,,,i,m aint buying it ,,,,plus all the evil shit cia did with the cabal killling all the america president s jfk, rfk , jfk jr , and the black leaders too, malcolm x ,and martin luther king ,,list goes on an d on ,, [antoncomics.com] god bless ,,
Andrew, you're such a lousy liar. Putin has been protecting clan Tsarev since 2014. WHAT vital info is Oleg feeding him?
Every podcaster gets a 'former' CIA friend assigned nowadays it seems. Why not have Snowden on himself to talk about Snowden?
Good point. I'm sure its just a coincidence
EXACTLY
Snowden interviews are Expensive and maybe the government sanctioned him so no one can do business with him as to why we don't see snowden interviews anymore.
@@ncedition That's just noise, mate
Rogan has at least twice
“Nobody premeditates and takes the extra just in case steps if they think they’re doing the right thing.”
I Respectfully disagree. He knew the scope of the surveillance state and knew as soon as it leaked they’d have his head. Most cases of whistleblowing aren’t this severe.
Agree. This spook knows they would have killed him if he didn’t have collateral
Yep, this is when Bustacrimes loses me for sure. I disagree with a lot of what Snowden did but he was justified to blow the whistle in many regards. When people like Michael Hastings are clearly murdered by our intelligence communities, We’ve lost our way massively. I understand what’s at stake. I do not know the solutions but I do know hunting our citizens like a fascist regime is definitely one way to sink the ship and completely lose the faith of many loyal participants in this democracy.
Has all the same energy as the whole “if you’re not doing anything wrong, why are you worried the government is spying on you?” argument. This guy is a total snake.
All 3 replies to you don't show... what is going on?
@@nateauld spam or uncomfortable truths... we may never know
I can't help wondering if employing these shady moves, likely inspired by his former employers, is the only way Snowden has avoided the same fate as Julian Assange? Holding onto immaculate integrity while facing the potential of being slowly tortured to death can't be easy.
At some point in the stress level .. death is a welcome friend. Everyone can be put under the lens and examined for flaws to demonize or denigrate .. imagine what the Crown News would have said about the New England Boston Tea Party .. it's all perspective. We should be looking for the greatness in each other .. which would inspire the next generations to strive for higher greatness. In a world of espionage .. everyone is a spy .. and a traitor!
Great point
I think you’re bang on with this.
Snowden didn’t go to Russia because he loved being an international pariah who loved the never-ending media spotlight. He went to Russia because it was one of the only places that accepted him, and allowed him to move about freely (watched closely) while events unfolded.
Snowden also said he felt that if he returned to America, he’d be killed. (Probably a justified fear, whether it was likely or not…)
But now being granted citizenship, he doesn’t have to worry about being extradited back to the US judicially - which must bring him enormous, and much needed, peace of mind.
@john dowe it's the best place for him
@@chrisburke624 but lets face it, living in Russha is hardly a walk in the freedom park.
Yet another “former” CIA agent on a podcast. Please stop this trend NOW.
Who would you like to see on the channel that has insight into clandestine/intelligence operations?
@@ChrisWillx With all due respect, that insight you tefer to is piss running down your leg.
@@ChrisWillx ....Maybe someone who is silhouetted, with a disguised voice?😎 🤪
@@ChrisWillx Maybe the accused whistle-blower? This whole thing is 'punching down'.
Yea, give platforms to professional liars without asking any hard questions. Each to his own
This is quite a lot of Bologna. The argument we have all heard thus far is that Snowden endangered national security by blowing that whistle. Since the patriot act has now been ruled as unconstitutional that line cannot be used and so it’s an attempt to make out that “oh no, what he did was fine it’s this other stuff that you didn’t know about that’s not okay”. When he says “it’s classified” he doesn’t mean the documents Snowden took were classified, he means which documents Snowden did or didn’t take is itself classified. I.e. Snowden could have literally just taken a rubber ducky with him and so long as the CIA decides that “Snowden taking a rubber ducky” is classified then it makes one beleiev he stole documents he shouldn’t have taken
“Former” cough, cough
That is what I thought, just from looking at the thumbnail
There is no such thing as EX CIA. Give your heads a shake.
So you're saying that Snowden is still active CIA agent? I mean Edward worked for the agency 🤔
@@obi3kenobi wow ur so clever
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@@bricktop9527 WELL?? FRFR though…so, what? Snowden is a deep cover trojan horse CIA plant? Or maybe he will be looked to as a leader of domestic Russian rebellion? (Can always dream)
Nice try CIA, you're not ever going to make me look at Snowden like a traitor.
thats fine, dont look at him as a traitor, just look at him as someone that is helping a dictator that kills his opposition, invades countries and bomb civilians.
he is a traitor wether you like it or
not ! thanks putin😂
@@giiovanni08 LOOK EVERYBODY PUPPETS CAN TYPE
He is a tractor for sure.
Regardless of what you think Snowden is, this guy is lying about him for sure
I disagree that no one takes bargaining chips when "doing the right thing" involves going against the US government. Without those chips I dare say he wouldn't have gotten far.
@Erik Burgerhagen Far enough from death or from perpetual imprisonment
yeah snowden went to honk kong when he leaked. he only later went to russia, likely under advice of whistleblower experts
@@biscottigelato8574 im not disputing what he leaked, but hes a russian asset for sure. I wouldnt be surprised if he was a russian agent before he leaked it. Doesnt make the things he leaked less significant tho, just want to tell you that you should still be aware of who you follow. Snowden mightve leaked something that shouldve been leaked, but with bad intentions. Im not trusting the Kremlin.
It's kind of cute to witness the CIA behaving as though they have any credibility at all.
Yeah, this guy could tell me he had pancakes for breakfast and I still wouldn’t take his word for it.
It’s not even that they have no credibility, at this point they have negative credibility.
Anything they say is more likely to be bull than truth, they don’t even talk to the public unless they have some dirty angle to play anyway.
It's refreshing wanting to write a comment defending Snowden against this clearly biased and undifferentiated statement and seeing everone already wrote my points.
Exactly!!!
When you're smart enough to think for yourself, you call it as yousee it.
Becomes an "enemy combatant" and a "target of a kinetic strike"
I can't say I fully agree with the guest today. He fails to look at the safety that Snowden faces as well. For instance, his father was brought into the ordeal from this whole situation and they only released his father after it was made public knowledge and there was backlash.
Also another thing he chose to ignore while defending the CIA/USA whatever, is that Snowden NEEDED some sort of protection, Hence why he stole all of this irrelevant information and documents, which is to put pressure on the CIA and USA. This is pretty much needed. As you can probably imagine, as the states has done this in the past and continues to do it to the current day, but it would not be difficult for them to make someone disappear. Let's not act the fool.
Edit:
I almost missed talking about this clearly audacious claim when the "Former" CIA Agent mentions the citizenship. Andrew learly responds in a biased way initially, and then afterwards he tries to explain his reasoning, half of which I explained my displeasure above, but I forgot to mention that he also says CONCRETELY that the ONLY way Snowden becomes a citizen(Or anyone for that matter) is if you betray your country or serve the countries interest. Like what? Talk about jumping to conclusions. The only other country Snowden can go to is China, any other country would immediately send him to the states.
Yes I see this guest is getting his 15 minutes of fame doing a bunch of podcasts but his moral compass is a bit off which of course was not a requirement for his job.
@@jessejames3660 this is best thing our Ptesident Putin has done this year. So...
Only a CIA agent would so blatantly threaten someone's life with "target for Kinetic strikes" and think its ok to do that.
Exactly. Red flags all over
Yeah this CIA agent is brainwashed, no wonder the whole on the U.S is a shitshow if these people had power.
Yup, none of them have any moral compass aside from the ones that blow the whistle.
Delete them all and start over, but this time watching them like hawks.
They shouldn’t be allowed to so much as drop a pencil without it being becoming declassified within 10 years.
@@xXtenseXx LBJ and Nixon are long gone, who else are we talking about?
By his logic, Putin should grant Biden Russian citizenship as a middle finger. Don't find his argument compelling.
Why would I trust anything an ex CIA agent says?
@Dolermite Xpress He's not out there cheerleading for them.
How? My country has given citizenship for many of it's enemies...
Snowden did not go to Ecuador and is not swapping secrets for plane tickets, if Snowden wants to sue this guy I'd put in £1K on the crowdfunder.
Lol, "you are who your friends are". What if the people you want to be friends with don't want to be friends with you and want to put you in a pit under the prison and forget you there? Seems like it says more about them than you...
So in other words I should be friends with Blinken and Nudelman??? Andryush, you support Bandera- please advise HOW you remain " friends " with the creatures that destroyed my family.
This comment section gives me hope.
PBD Podcast recently had an ex CIA guy on and the show was excellent. Patrick pushed back hard on a lot of the guest's BS.
Yea I remember seeing a clip from that. That one was rich, hearing the spook say Russia blew up their own pipeline aka their leverage in this war over Ukraine and resources. These spooks are just as much the enemy of the American people as Russia or China.
So they are mad that he took additional info to keep himself safe for outing a now illegal operation of info collection? Ofc he is going to do that wtf
They deemed it illegal BECAUSE Snowden brought it to light....
This dude is a natural born spy. He could go anywhere in the world and look like a local.
Highly energetic- articulate, very persuasive..engaging. Charming , Talented. Very intelligent, but can also act naive & play stupid.
So true lol
He states basically such in his more than three hour long podcast with lex fridman
Well obviously a fed is gonna wanna make Snowden look bad.
_“Fed”_? That’s a weird way to spell deep state traitor
It took them more than 10 years to find out he " took " that stuff???
Wow just wow the “former” CIA agent is disparaging Snowden I am shocked lmfao
Snowden is a hero who was persecuted by his own government
I wonder how different this whole situation would be if Snowden whistleblew at todays date rather than all those years ago. Would todays journalists and media do their due diligence as they did back then getting this all out to the masses or would we have a completely different outcome?
BTW, could You interview Mr. Snowden too?
He’s a little harder to contact
@@ChrisWillx Difficult, yes. But so worth the trouble.
@@ChrisWillx I believe in you. Also if it's too risky don't bother. Would just be a great discussion.
@@ChrisWillx OK, but ask Joe Rogan, he managed it some times ago. Electronically of course.
Total and complete BS. Oleg Tsarev's sister lives in the Golden State. But even Jimmy Dore doesn't have the cajones to interview me.
Why are people trying to make him out to be the bad guy still in all this 🤣🤣🤣
Id protect my ass going against a national security agency too
Why does this spook not say yeah we did illegal shit… but so did Snowden. Instead of Snowden did illegal,things
Excellent comment
Suggestion: come to the table with anticipated challenges to his obviously specious disinformation. Whistle-blowers in the US are more likely to be prosecuted than protected, and this exerts a chilling effect on all those crying truth to power.
So what were the consequences for those he uncovered in blatant violation of millions of people's constitutional rights Andrew, compared to his own plight? And I hear you believe that those incriminated working there now magically agree that the whistleblowing alone was justified? Good to hear, I've always known moles and spooks to be the forgiving type. I'm confident they've learnt their lesson and follow the constitution strictly.
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Snowden is a hero. Go to he!! This guy is a liar.
Showden is a rat.
A man who risked involuntary assisted self-end from these spooks to bring forward the truth. I don't give a rat's rear end that his leaks aren't considered "balanced" by these people; he had access to what he had access to.
Sometimes doing the right thing helps the wrong people; that is not on him, but on the supposedly good people for doing wrong things.
@@OutOfNamesToChoose he can’t answer what else he took as leverage. The same answer they always give “oh that’s classified i can’t answer”.
This man is completely unreasonable. Snowden’s insurance policy was a smart choice. Do less shady 💩 and everything will be fine 👍
Hmmm. How about discussing what happened to the whistleblowers before Snowden that have been brutally treated??? He was smart enough to recognize this and take some insurance with him.
Snowden is a hero. He isn't who his friends are he had nowhere else to go. This dude is a tool.
Guy: I wanna look like bob the builder
Surgeon: Say no more
Could it be simply that Snowden made a huge sacrifice to show the general public things that were happening behind the scene and Putin was like "Dude deserves to live". Is that possible? I'd do the same thing if I was Putin
No.
Double no.
I don’t think those were Putins motivations, even though I doubt Snowden is specifically serving Russian interests by giving them information. Putin, however, does like anything that damages US foreign policy, which Edward Snowden’s actions did. Therefore the US would have to offer something seriously tempting for him to consider extradition.
Snowden is a hero. You should've hit up Rachel Maddow for soundbytes insinuating he is a Russian agent .
He wouldn't even be in Russia if the US didn't revoke his passport. The only ones who wanted him to be in Russia work in the state department.
This guy is full of shit. Chris, poor show with this guy.
He didn't even get to Ecuador. And he didn't have to bargain with anyone.
Ya so he whistle blew on how terrible us gov is in breaking their own laws and then in order to protect his LIFE he brought other secret info. Can’t believe he didn’t just let himself be epstiened
No such thing as “Ex-CIA”
There is another possibility why he has citizenship, he's been in Russia for 9 years. more then long enough to get citizenship. Also if he has purchased property in Russia it would have guaranteed him it also. It's funny how someone who was part of the problem and was working again the American people. Is worried about the information that Snowden might have shared, yet he has said many times he loves America and wants to come home. He just knows it's not safe for him to do so. Another point is Putin has stated that, though that have granted Snowden asylum and is amazed at how he got away with it. That he doesn't trust him. Putin directly said they won't help him financially and he on on his own and they don't want anything from him. So do you trust and Ex-CIA who is mad that Snowded took some extra protection from them or should you Investigate the very agency that has been undermining counties around the world for decades. Mostly their own.
So you don't trust this guy because he's worked for the CIA, but you trust Putin, who worked for the KGB?
Some may say, Snowden did the right thing
"You don't end up being a Russian Citizen by doing the right thing the right way" - one of many things this man lands on that I either don't know enough about or just seem wrong.
Right. And trusting the gov’t to do the right thing will usually work out best. 😉
So he was clever, that's his fault? Oh the hubris of these people.
Define “American” interests. You think this perpetual war is good for American people? Please explain Mr Warcrafter
Ex spook, biased
there is no such thing as an "ex" cia agent
Once a glowie always a glowie.
Edward Snowden is ex cia agent. So you're saying that he still works on CIA?
"he seemed to have his own agenda"
yeah, not getting thrown in Guantanamo and tortured for decades was his agenda, jeez, this guy
Assange didn't take this kind of precautions and look where he is.
Andrew is creepy AF
What everyone forgets about Snowden’s leak is that it was actually the Washington Post that released the information Snowden gave them.
"Oh, uh, it remains classified." What he means is it doesn't exist. There is no proof he took more than what he released.
I'm sure this guy is retired. Wink wink
this shady spook, who has charmed his way through the podcast circuit, reveals his hand with his low key smearing of Snowden who is a hero by any objective metric.
Bro your mates tried to fool me into signing up for pointless wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
This is blatant establishment propaganda. You just list a subscriber.
Bustamante shouldn't mention the practice of treating US citizens as enemy combatants if they engage in cyber warfare without condemning it as an extrajudicial killing. Instead, he tacitly assumes its legitimacy as a practice.
You don’t give citizenship to people that don’t serve your country’s interests… tell that to UK immigration.
"we know for sure" he's serving the Russian interests.... That seems overly confident for something that could otherwise be a political move for optics
Snowden said on Joe Rogan that he would not have gotten a fair trial.
Snowden is upholding the principles of the U.S.
Snowden>CIA
just for some general knowledge : go to lex fridmans podcast with this guy and look up his "predictions" for Ukraine.
Why what's the point?
@@arighteousname5882 the point is I think there's a reason he's EX CIA and tries really hard to shill his "spy program" or whatever bs is that
@@ree2453 he's telling his experience with the CIA and giving his opinion on what's going on in Ukraine. How is that being a shill? I don't think you even know what that word means
@@arighteousname5882 On that podcast with Lex he tried to sound very smart, saying "my calculations suggest this and this outcome" . Just listen to that podcast. His predictions didn't manifest and it's unlikely they will. But he was very confident. He's shilling his "EverydaySpy" program for people to buy lmao
@@ree2453even if that's true so what? Again what's your point?
Hi CIA person 👋
you should show this message board to both your Recruiting Unit and your PR unit.
I’m not American, but reading these comments I’m getting the vibe there MIGHT just be a disconnect between the agency & the public…
So Edward Snowden has the right to whistleblow but not defend himself against the same country that he just put in the shit. If he didn't have the files he has how long would he last? That's stupid. It's like saying you can challenge me to a fight but once it starts only I can hit you 😂😂
"ex CIA" I struggle to believe that's a thing...
This creep is really doing the rounds. Kind of disappointing to see people who should know better actually humouring him.
*current CIA spy
"Ex" CIA. My ass. What, he retired at 40?
Good to see no-one is buying this bullshit in the comments
Funny how “ex” CIA’s peddles every CIA position.
No such thing as "former-CIA". Grow up Chris.
Poor argument. Pass.
0:41 Sweden: Hold my beer
30 seconds into the clip and the guy sounds like a joke... 😂 How can anyone take him seriously or have a constructive conversation?!
Not sure what choices Snowden had really. Yes, now a PR pawn of the Russians, but the more I learned about Snowden and how he went about his process the more I think he's the good guy in the story here. He's a patriot first, and self preservation second. At first, I thought he was just someone looking for attention and fame, who put people and the US a risk, but the more I learned the more clear it was that's not the case. "He did the right thing the wrong way" works for me, but he did do the right thing... How many other illegal programs are we not aware of?
I'd have to disagree. After Snowden's flight to Hong-Kong, the USA did the wrong thing. His own country betrayed its own citizens, and betrayed him. Instead of making amends towards Snowden, instead of doing the right thing, the USA did the wrong thing. And the moves made by the USA against Assange, preparing a Grand Jury, certainly did not help making them look like a "fair" actor (I wouldn't expect them to be a "Good" actor). When a man is unfairly targeted, and hunted by the most powerful country in the world, you cannot fault the man for keeping a stash of bargaining chips while the USA keeps threatening him.
The rationalization against Snowden is comical.
You got torched for bringing this guy on last time and you didn't listen... Love ya Chris but I'm unsubbing
if the most powerfull gov of the world is going after you. you have the right to protect yourself and survive dude
Lmao, this man lying through his teeth. Ah well, maybe the next person will glow less.
That is not the right assumption. Nobody thinks about escaping if you're doing the right thing. Who is the right person and who defines it. Why does CIA have the authority to tell what is right
Do he like NSA to survalence of american people.. Snowden is a hero.
Ah, the “former” spook who thinks the Meyer Briggs Personality Test isn’t made obsolete by O.C.E.A.N is still doing his rounds, I see.
The one who did nothing criticise the one who took action, because did it cleverly
Yeah, it is a cop out answer. And nobody conceded these points for a solid 8 years while he was attempting to avoid Assange’s or Mannings fate. This guy is really useful for helping me figure out who to unsubscribe to.
Sorry but listening to ex-Spy's is like listening to ex-Politicans and being asked to believe them. Sorry mate, you're talking BS. I would certainly take "extras" and put them in a very safe space with a daily requirement for me to logon and authenticate otherwise the data goes on the interwebs.
Interviewing professional liars. If I wanted to be feed propaganda...
Wife frantically running from secretly abusive husband takes incriminating evidence and other family secrets with her on way to only immediately available port in a storm. Moral: she should have been more careful about the friends she chose and the documents she stole. He did apologize for one slap documented, so why won’t she come home?!
There’s plenty of examples of people doing the “right thing” and still being made an example of by the gov so I don’t think it’s so black and white
Think he misspoke about Snowden traveling to Ecuador. That trip never happened.
I'm not sure he misspoke. More likely misinformed. For example, he claims Snowden bought his way to those places by giving intel to those countries. My understanding was all intel was given to journalists and he keep no copy of them as of getting on the plane paid for by those journalists.
After this guy rediculous prediction regarding russia taking Odessa in September - October on Lex Fridman podcast - I would completely disregard his opinion
He didn't really have much of a choice at the end of the day. Don't know what's worse, an American prison or living in Russia as a 'free' man.
Second option is way better. I think he lives there with his now wife and can work and still have real purpose by interviewing on-line, it may be cold weather for some people's taste, country is overall 2nd rate and run by a dictator, he'll never more enjoy foreign vacations, but its still decent life.
pretty obvious which is worse