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Snowden about to step forward, live.
http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article17121859.ab
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> In inbjudningsbreven to Edward Snowden according to the Guardian have written that the United States is leading a campaign against him, trying to block his right to seek and obtain asylum in other countries.
Improved: According to the Guardian, Snowden wrote in his invitation letter to the organizations that the United States is leading a campaign against him, trying to block his right to seek and obtain asylum in other countries.
Improved: According to the Guardian, Snowden wrote in his invitation letter to the organizations that the United States is leading a campaign against him, trying to block his right to seek and obtain asylum in other countries.
The Guardian is (of course) carrying it as well: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/12/edward-snowden-t...
Russian Human Rights Commissioner Vladimir Lukin: "He doesn't look very well fed, a skinny guy. But he has a great haircut"
I appreciate Edward Snowden for having the courage to do what he did and what he did, but I feel like there is a disproportionate amount of coverage about him versus what he blew the whistle on.
He is a very well trained CIA man - the picture released is him with two woman at his side. Well played. Nice to see.
What do two women have to do with anything? Your comment confused me...
Imagine if the picture showed Snowden with two bodyguards, Secret Service types with sunglasses, or hackers with green-hair and piercing, or a stereotypical Russian and a Chinese next to him, what image in the popular psyche is more favorable to win him sympathy and show him in a positive light?
Perhaps it was unintentional and Im reading too much into it, but still its better than being shown alone. He has somebody at his side, and usually women seem more careing and concerned. This isnt a piss- or penis-length fight as is usually the case when it comes to debates on power in society.
Or do I just fail at psyops?
Perhaps it was unintentional and Im reading too much into it, but still its better than being shown alone. He has somebody at his side, and usually women seem more careing and concerned. This isnt a piss- or penis-length fight as is usually the case when it comes to debates on power in society.
Or do I just fail at psyops?
That's a very interesting take on it, thanks for the explanation. Whether or not is intentional, you're probably right about the effect on the audience.
"because these women, although professional lawyers and activists on one side of a very important global case, are nevertheless females, and as such assets to be collected and coveted by the bad-boy James Bond Mr Spy-man" .. or some such.
Asinine, but not an unusual way of thinking among some.
Asinine, but not an unusual way of thinking among some.
No, thats not what I had in mind, thats a little bit misogynist, thats precisely what he does not show in the picture - pissing contest and power games, it looks like concerned cooperation devoid of pissing contests and sex.
The importance of the woman is to show that Snowden is not alone, he has people that care and are concerned about him. No stuff like Ana Chapman style.
The importance of the woman is to show that Snowden is not alone, he has people that care and are concerned about him. No stuff like Ana Chapman style.
I read too much into your previous statement then, apologies.
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The whole James-Bond-womanizer spy thing :)
Meh, I tried to explain in another comment thats not what I thought the first I saw the image, its the caring and concerned attitude the women show, as well as not being part of a pissing-contest.
Very cool! It probably says more about me than it says about you that that's where I immediately went to interpret your comment.
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For the record, local time in Moscow is UTC+4; at the time of writing this comment, that is about 18 o'clock.
Isn't the convention to only use the phrase o'clock when using a 12 hour notation?
With 24 hour time, the proper way to say it would be 18 hundred.
As far as I've been able to determine, yes.
What does this have to do with hacking/technology?
http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
"If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
"If you had to reduce it to a sentence, the answer might be: anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
I'm not really sure, maybe we should ask duckduckgo if anything Snowden has released affected them?
I think your HN card must now be turned in. If you don't think that Snowden has anything to do with technology -- then maybe you don't even know what the definition of technology is.
This has everything to do with technology.
This has everything to do with technology.
everything?
The media surrounding the U.S. government spying on its citizens illegally supersedes any intangible enforcement by means of loosely written guidelines by HN.
- I can confirm that the meeting will take place at 16:00 local time at the airport. We will not increase security at the airport ahead of the meeting, says Roman Genis head of the press office at Sheremetyevo Airport.
Already around 13:00 Swedish time flocked to reporters at the airport to talk to the representatives invited by Snowden. For the first time since Snowden's revelations reached the press caught him now in view of Human Rights Watch's photographer. To the west the picture is Sarah Harrison from WikiLeaks. Great interest
A number of journalists have gathered at the airport while waiting for the whistle-blower's performance. The meeting, taking place right now behind closed doors.
- Snowden's revelations have shown the problem. He has not identified any people but only highlights the major problems, said Sergei Nikitin, head of Amnesty International Russian to AP from the airport.
Snowden will have sent invitations to representatives of Amnesty International in Russia, Transparency International, Human Rights Watch and the UN in Russia. Although Russian parliamentarians and lawyers have accepted Snowden's invitation and is now at the airport in Moscow. "Campaign Against Me"
In inbjudningsbreven to Edward Snowden according to the Guardian have written that the United States is leading a campaign against him, trying to block his right to seek and obtain asylum in other countries. Snowden thank the letter also those who have offered to help him.
The former CIA employee Edward Snowden fled the United States when he revealed the extent of its supervision. He has lived on the transit portion of the airport in Moscow since June 23. Snowden has applied for asylum in more than 20 countries. Several South American countries have offered him protection, but it has proved problematic to leave the airport. Edward Snowden has been stripped of his U.S. passport and without it he can not buy a new ticket. Last week also forced the Bolivian president Evo Morales stopover in Austria when there was suspicion that Snowden was aboard his aircraft.