Monday, June 17, 2013


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He was fired from Booz Allen. That doesn't mean he isn't still working for Carlyle. 

Some of the political mind speak about this is really unsophisticated. There are all kinds of Private Equity in Hong Kong. Why wouldn't Snowden have taken what he knew from Carlyle and gone to work for someone else? The Chinese government would not necessarily be interested in what he knows, but, Wall Street would. 

Being a whistleblower does not require prosecution. It usually means the opposite. 

Traitor? I don't think Snowden is the traitor, but, those that facilitated his access and exposure certainly are.

...When you are standing in front of (click here) a building housing a bulge bracket investment bank, such as Merrill Lynch or Morgan Stanley or Goldman Sachs, or a financial powerhouse, such as Citibank or JP Morgan or UBS or Deutsche Bank, you know very clearly whose headquarters you are loitering in front of, which a double skinny latte in your hand. Regardless of whether you happen to be in New York or London or Frankfurt of Tokyo or Hong Kong, these firms are very keen to let you know, in no uncertain terms, “Here we are!”...

Are there sophisticated computers and global internet in Hong Kong. Of course there are.  No different than Kuala Lumpur in Indonesia. All this fuss about finding Mr. Snowden and bringing him to justice seems rather silly. The American people need to focus on how it was allowed to happen in the first place. Focusing on Mr. Snowden as the problem will only allow it to happen again. Do citizens of the USA really want this to happen again?