In view of such past successes of the Russian intelligence services, it cannot be precluded that
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In view of such past successes of the Russian intelligence services, it cannot be precluded that
there was another person in the NSA working with Snowden who used an enthusiastic as cover to
prevent any light from falling on his own surreptitious spying. While it may seem extremely
unlikely that Snowden had such assistance, the alternative scenario, that Snowden broke into the
sealed compartments and made off with the documents without any assistance, seems equally
unlikely.
Even if Snowden had been, as he claims, a pure idealist seeking to right a perceived wrong, it
does exclude the possibility of his becoming entangled in the plots of others. Intelligence services
make it their business to bring about such witting or unwitting entanglements.
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