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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNYTimes confirms that Snowden's appearance with Putin was arranged and scripted by the Kremlin
MOSCOW The setup could not have been more perfect.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, in a televised question-and-answer session on Thursday, had just finished complaining about the time that Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the secretary general of NATO, had secretly taped a conversation between them when he was the prime minister of Denmark and leaked the tape to the press (a charge NATO denied, according to Reuters).
One of the programs hostesses then said: We have an unexpected, I would even say sensational, video message. We received it from a man who created a true information revolution by exposing the surveillance of tens of millions of people around the world.
And there he was: the fugitive former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden.
In a stunningly bold poke at the White House, the Kremlin arranged for Mr. Snowden, who is wanted on espionage charges, to ask Mr. Putin about Russias surveillance practices. Told there was a question from Mr. Snowden, Mr. Putin responded slyly, saying, Well, how could we do without this?
Link, its to mobile version from my phone, hope it works for you.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/04/18/world/europe/in-scripted-surprise-putin-answers-snowden-on-spying.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimesworld&_r=1&referrer=
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)Enrique
(27,461 posts)they came to the same judgement that many people did. A reasonable judgement, but not confirmation.
Response to JaneyVee (Original post)
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randome
(34,845 posts)[hr][font color="blue"][center]Treat your body like a machine. Your mind like a castle.[/center][/font][hr]
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)wonder how he earns any income? or is room and board included.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)from NSA. His info. is going to be stale, Russia will be bored with him as the sensationalism passes over time.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)The files of course were given to who knows???, how many people have copies of files. We don't even know who got him the cushie, sweet access, job positions in the first place.
Those files will be used, I bet for decades to cause troubles. He did not act alone.
RKP5637
(67,030 posts)msanthrope
(37,549 posts)is walk to the embassy.
hack89
(39,171 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)I tell you, SHOCKING!
SunsetDreams
(8,571 posts)L0oniX
(31,493 posts)VanillaRhapsody
(21,115 posts)"Barack Obama" right?
Yeah....of COURSE who couldn't see that one coming?
ProSense
(116,464 posts)http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024839623
lark
(23,003 posts)Last I saw you were calling him a criminal, traitor and possible murderer. So now he's just Russia's tool? lol
ProSense
(116,464 posts)lark
(23,003 posts)did you miss the lol? Don't worry, I won't try to joke with you again, since it obviously troubles you.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"Don't worry, I won't try to joke with you again, since it obviously troubles you."
Here's a suggestion: Don't make BS claims to amuse yourself. That's not the same as a "joke."
tabasco
(22,974 posts)A psychopathic control freak like Putin is never surprised.
Hutzpa
(11,461 posts)but the willfully ignorant media.
Zorra
(27,670 posts)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parody
Demo_Chris
(6,234 posts)It would be nice if the Times started investigating and reporting actual news rather than administration and CIA talking points.
SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
99Forever
(14,524 posts)... spying on Americans going about their legal everyday lives, without probable cause or warrants?
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)Vattel
(9,289 posts)He got Obama to initiate surveillance reforms. Maybe Putin is next.
gulliver
(13,142 posts)Snowden has Putin right where he wants him.