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Originally Posted by dyna mo
very well could be. as mentioned, i'm new to international intrigue.  the only motivation i could brainstorm to explain his choosing those 2 nations over the myriad of others that don't have extradition in place is to show how easy it is to hopscotch around with sensitive data. he is certainly proving that is very very easy. |
When it comes to espionage, the first thing you should accept is that neither China, Russia or the USA for that matter are very forthright in their reporting to begin with. All that is known is what those governments want people to know (less so for the US in this case). There is virtually zero chance that either China or Russia let him do anything without first copying/recording/taking whatever intel he had to analyze. These aren't countries that give a shit about anyones rights.
All of what you are seeing is 100% politics from China and Russia. It has nothing to do with anyones rights, the rule of law or anything else. Its simply opportunity to gain and spend some political capital.