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Hong Kong Wants to Keep Edward Snowden as a Symbol of "China's Growing Power"

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wheat-dogg, raker of forests, master of steam6/17/2013 9:15:36 am PDT

Oh, I love this one:

Question:
Edward, there is rampant speculation, outpacing facts, that you have or will provide classified US information to the Chinese or other governments in exchange for asylum. Have/will you?

Answer:

This is a predictable smear that I anticipated before going public, as the US media has a knee-jerk “RED CHINA!” reaction to anything involving HK or the PRC, and is intended to distract from the issue of US government misconduct. Ask yourself: if I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn’t I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now.

If he were a spy, he wouldn’t be doing an effing Q&A on the Internet with the bloody Guardian. The question didn’t ask if he was a spy. It asked if he would be seeking asylum, and he didn’t answer it.