<story><title>About the Reuters article</title><url>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/13/reuters-article-dead-man-s-switch</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>Did Greenwald just say that Snowden has documents that could cause grievous harm the United States, and that he may have set up a dead man&amp;#x27;s switch that would cause them to be published should any harm come to Snowden?&lt;p&gt;Three possibilities I can see:&lt;p&gt;(1) Greenwald really can&amp;#x27;t think even one move ahead and see that he&amp;#x27;s just published a reason for any number of US adversaries to kill his source.&lt;p&gt;(2) Greenwald understands the implications of what he&amp;#x27;s published but is, owing to his own incentives, fine with the idea of his source being killed&lt;p&gt;(3) Greenwald doesn&amp;#x27;t believe what he&amp;#x27;s saying and isn&amp;#x27;t meant to be taken seriously.&lt;p&gt;Cards on the table: that guy could be reporting that water is wet and I&amp;#x27;d still have him in bucket (3). Although now you kind of hope the freakshow government in North Korea is smart enough to bucket him the same way.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>sigil</author><text>(5) Greenwald is thinking two moves ahead. Now that US adversaries have a motive to kill his source, the US finally has a motive to protect his source.</text></comment>
<story><title>About the Reuters article</title><url>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jul/13/reuters-article-dead-man-s-switch</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>Did Greenwald just say that Snowden has documents that could cause grievous harm the United States, and that he may have set up a dead man&amp;#x27;s switch that would cause them to be published should any harm come to Snowden?&lt;p&gt;Three possibilities I can see:&lt;p&gt;(1) Greenwald really can&amp;#x27;t think even one move ahead and see that he&amp;#x27;s just published a reason for any number of US adversaries to kill his source.&lt;p&gt;(2) Greenwald understands the implications of what he&amp;#x27;s published but is, owing to his own incentives, fine with the idea of his source being killed&lt;p&gt;(3) Greenwald doesn&amp;#x27;t believe what he&amp;#x27;s saying and isn&amp;#x27;t meant to be taken seriously.&lt;p&gt;Cards on the table: that guy could be reporting that water is wet and I&amp;#x27;d still have him in bucket (3). Although now you kind of hope the freakshow government in North Korea is smart enough to bucket him the same way.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>grandalf</author><text>I find your numbered options fairly absurd.&lt;p&gt;The US has let Snowden linger in the Moscow airport, likely hoping that he&amp;#x27;ll do something stupid due to the stress.&lt;p&gt;By reminding everyone of the dead man switch, Snowden (via Greenwald) reminds the US that both have a shared interest in Snowden&amp;#x27;s asylum bid moving along smoothly.&lt;p&gt;Your conjecture above depends entirely on the idea that Snowden is unsafe at the Moscow airport.</text></comment>