Thursday, June 21, 2018

Are The Russians Getting "Tired" Of NSA "Whistle-Blower" Edward Snowden?

Edward Snowden remains in exile in Russia. Photograph: Lindsay Mills

Daily Mail: Five years after whistleblower Edward Snowden fled the US, there's growing evidence the Russians are getting fed up with him, too

* This month marks fifth anniversary of Edward Snowden's escape from Hawaii
* He revealed almost all US telephone firms handed the NSA their phone records
* But now, it appears even the Russians are becoming tiresome of Snowden

Do you remember convicted MI6 traitor and Soviet agent George Blake, who escaped over the wall of Wormwood Scrubs in London, where he was serving a 42-year sentence? He fled across Europe and has lived in Russia ever since.

Blake, who got away in 1966, now spends his time in a Kremlin-provided dacha — or country house — at Kratovo, not far from Moscow. He also has an apartment in a quiet street in the centre of the capital. These locations are not state secrets.

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WNU Editor: He does not live in Moscow. If he was, Russian social media would have outed him within a few days. If I was to hazard a guess, he is in the northern past of the Urals living in a small town where everyone knows everyone, and everyone keeps to themselves. And no .... the Russians are not going to kick him out of the country.

Update: I forgot to mention it. It is his birthday today.

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