So Snowden’s apparently is now out of the in-transit zone.

He’s following in notorious footsteps at that:

“Edward Snowden is now on the cusp of going the way of Oswald.” From @tnr: http://t.co/OTOwJ6AmRw

— Jeffrey Goldberg (@JeffreyGoldberg) August 1, 2013

Oh, and then there’s this tidbit. Greenwald can’t or shouldn’t be able to personally visit Snowden without fearing the Russians might take offense to his presence under their harsh and bigoted anti-gay laws.