Just logged in, now that it’s morning here in China. My jaw hit the floor when I read Snowden fled to Hong Kong and is holed up in some swank hotel in fear of NSA hit men coming to snuff him.

Puhleease!

So many things wrong here, it’s hard to know where to begin.

1. HK is somewhat “freer” than big daddy China, but that’s like saying a tiger is somewhat tamer than a lion. HK residents can read relatively uncensored newspapers, watch TV programs that criticize the Beijing government, and gather in the streets to memorialize the Tian’anmen Square massacre of 1989. But HK no where close to being as free from government snooping as the USA.
2. Any “spy” worth his salt would know all that, and would find another more obscure place to hide out. “Spy” here = “career intelligence officer” [cough cough]
3. Spies in hiding don’t tell people they are in hiding. They certainly don’t talk to reporters about it.
4. Smart people living on savings don’t hole up in a swank hotel.
5. Snowden sounds like a drama queen.
6. Conversely, he’s been studying Alex Jones’ website too much.

And iIwonder if the author of the earth-shattering PowerPoint prezi was Snowden himself. He could have made a slapdash prezi specifically for his big whistleblowing debut.

The whole escapade smells worse than the Fulton fish market.