#Snowden: #USA #hacking #China

[maxomai]

I was wondering why Snowden chose to bivouac in Hong Kong while he spills the beans on how the US Government is violating our 4th Amendment rights. Hong Kong, after all, is part of China, which has an extradition treaty with the US and no particular desire to piss off Washington.

Then, Snowden revealed that the US has been hacking China for some time; that, in fact, they're hacking everyone, all the time. This may file under the heading of "Captain Obvious to the rescue," but stating it publicly like ends up benefiting China at the expense of the US Government. Between, that, and Snowden's enormous popularity with Chinese Internet users, I'm guessing that China is now motivated to give Snowden some more room.

I will confess, there is a part of me that thinks this might have too much of a Fitzmas feel to it. Stay tuned.

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[arkham4269.livejournal.com]

Well the U.S. has been destabilizing governments using the CIA (Hey NSA, tell the CIA I think they're wankers just like you!) since around 1900 and that's not even counting the "tragedy" of the Spanish-American war which may or may not have been a way to get an excuse for the U.S. to mug Spain for Cuba and the Phillipines.

Why anyone would be surprised we're hacing other governments doesn't know all sorts of nifty things our government does via U.S. corporatons and the equipment they sell to foreign countries.