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Wow. Can you really not remember the infamous Prism PowerPoint slide? https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prism_slide_5.jpg

And China/PRC != Hong Kong, whatever Beijing would have you believe. Why are you posting propaganda?

There is a bit more then that: https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying

And no, he didn't flee to china, he transited through Hong Kong, which seems to be a sound tactical choice considering Hong Kongs unique position in international politics.

I have been waiting to hear his take on the protests going on there because back then he said he chose HK because of the freedoms it exercised.

I think it did at the time, I see the protests as a response to mainland China's efforts to reduce those freedoms.

> There is a bit more then that: https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying

EFF has no evidence that it was anything more than that. If it was anything more than that, don't you think Snowden would have leaked it?

> he transited through Hong Kong

Not by choice. He wanted to stay in Hong Kong, but Hong Kong wanted nothing to do with him.

“I have had many opportunities to flee HK, but I would rather stay and fight the United States government in the courts, because I have faith in Hong Kong’s rule of law.”

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1259422/edward-s...

> EFF has no evidence that it was anything more than that. If it was anything more than that, don't you think Snowden would have leaked it?

A lot of it is public record, no need to leak: https://www.eff.org/nsa-spying/timeline

What is in the public record does not include intentional spying on Americans as they have alleged.

He was in Hawaii, and not in possession of a teleport. Which country with functioning human rights strong enough to resist American extradition pressure do you suggest he have taken a plane to?

I wouldn't have concocted some ridiculous conspiracy theory to require fleeing to an oppressive country which I would leak intelligence to, but assuming I were that stupid but not stupid enough to look at countries more closely, I probably would have asked for asylum from Ecuador following Assange's example. Snowden was not being followed until he started leaking secrets, so he could have gone literally anywhere on Earth.

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