Snowden Calls BS On Putin's Answer: Says He Was Playing The Role Of Ron Wyden (via Techdirt)
Yesterday we, like many, were perplexed by Ed Snowden's decision to go on a Russian television program, and to ask Vladimir Putin a question about whether or not the Russians do mass surveillance like the NSA does (which was, of course, exposed by Ed…
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What perplexes me is the pretense that leaders attempt to cling to, even when no one in their right mind would believe them.
This wasn't a softball question, it was a rhetorical question, which Putin should have answered truthfully, without too many specifics.
A similar event occurred in Australia, concerning a bottle of expensive wine. In that case, evidence was withheld until the hapless politician had lied.
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