Edward Snowden in Russia, captured in video footage shown on Oct. 31, 2013. Reuters
It's Now Clear That Edward Snowden's Life Is Dictated by Russian Intelligence -- Slate
Even as Edward Snowden's disclosures of U.S. spying continue to create global waves, it's becoming clear that the American's life is supervised by Russian intelligence agents. "He’s actually surrounded by these people," Andrei Soldatov, an investigative journalist who co-authored a history of the Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB), told Steven Lee Meyers of the New York Times.
That has appeared to be the case since the 30-year-old arrived in Moscow from Hong Kong on June 23, when a radio host in Moscow "saw about 20 Russian officials, supposedly FSB agents, in suits, crowding around somebody in a restricted area of the airport," according to Anna Nemtsova of Foreign Policy. "When the F.S.B. actually got him, they started to handle it their own way," Soldatov told the Times. "This is the way the security services operate all the time."
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My Comment: I am sure that Russian intelligence is watching every move that Edward Snowden does .... including telling him what he can and cannot do. This probably explains why there are now some reports that he is seeking asylum in Germany and clemency from the U.S.. In short .... he wants to get out.
He'll end up as sad or sadder than Philby.
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