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Offline WestCoast

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Snowden gets Russian citizenship
« on: September 27, 2022, 05:59:35 PM »
Putin has granted Edward Snowden Russian citizenship. It would be interesting to now just what Snowden if anything has told the Russians?

Did Snowden have a high enough security clearance to know anything ground breaking or was he just a tech guy who might have know a few minor secrets but nothing that would have allowed the Russians unrestricted access to the most secure areas of the American systems?

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/09/26/putin-grants-edward-snowden-russian-citizenship-decree-a78897
https://tass.com/society/1513719
andrewfi says ''Proximity is almost no guarantee of authority" and "in many cases, distance gives a better picture with less emotional and subjective input."

That means I'm a subject matter expert on all things Russia, Ukraine and UK.

Offline AJ

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Re: Snowden gets Russian citizenship
« Reply #1 on: September 27, 2022, 08:01:08 PM »
Whatever he knew, he already revealed long sgo.
So i dont see the citizenship as anything surprosing.
More surprising that it took so long?



 

 

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