trocado por algum espiao russo nas maos dos americanos,como ja aconteceu inumeras vezes. RESTA saber se o governo americano estasimplesmente minimizando o grau de danos que Snowden poderia causar aos EUA comsuas revelacoes ou se ainda podera vir chumbo grosso por ai. NOSSA especialista em assuntos deespionagem, Dona Eudoxia Maria, de reputacao internacional, e sua neta,Euphrasia Nemorosa, tambem perita no assunto, entendemque a hipotese mais provavel e a primeira. Elas acharam tudo isso muito engracado e deram muitas gargalhadas quandoouviram a afirmacao do governo de Obama que vai continuar com seu projeto deespionagem porque esta baseado nas leis americanas, mas que vao tornar as relacoescom o Brasil mais transparentes no futuro... O governo brasileiro, que segundose fala e o pais mais espionado da America Latina, nao gostou da resposta... (comose ele nao fizesse tambem espionagens de seus vizinhos e outros paises), maselas perguntam se por acaso seria possivel ter relacoes mais transparentes comalguem na area de espionagem, mesmo com paises aliados... VAMOS acompanhar essa historia, digna de um bom filme de James Bond eque envolve a China, Russia, EUA, Cuba, Venezuela (que ofereceram asilo aSnowden), incluindo o Brasil, em um complexo jogo de xadrez de vigilanciaeletronica internacional e ver como vai terminar. Saudacoesa todos. Voltaremos em breve.17/08/2013Edward SnowdenEstou ouvindo voce SUMMARY: FOR THESAKE OF APPEARANCES RUSSIA, USA, CHINA, ESPIONAGE, SNOWDEN,MIS-EN-SCENE - key words. Russia hasgranted temporary political asylum to Edward Snowden, thespy/criminal/traitor(?), who has revealed data on the mass collection ofinformation by the US Government about millions of people and entities throughelectronic means, all over the world, including American citizens. The USG reportedlywants Snowden`s head at any cost. LET us analyze what is going on. You do notneed to be a good political analyst to know. There is no doubt that the USG andRussia have a lot to gain and a lot tolose over this episode because both of them are involved in it up to their necks.Because of this, they have to study this matter carefully and for this reasonthey need to play for time. IF Snowden fell into the hands of theAmericans, he could cause even moresignificant damage to the US and to other countries than he already has, aswould have happened in the case of Bin Laden, had the American Government notdone away with him. AS those who are familiar with events ofthis nature know, a solution which could be palatable to both sides is nowbeing studied. A quarantine at thetransit lounge on the international side of Moscow airport was an ideal way forthe two countries to gain the time to cook up an honorable way out for all interested parties. WITH someexperience on this subject, I dare to guess what must have happened - The twocountries got together and made an agreement: The Russians would host Snowdenfor some time, they said one year, while the USG would decide what to do withhim. UNDER US laws, publicprosecutors can make agreements with criminal suspects (plea bargaining) withjudicial approval, as long as they cooperate with justice. Under this process, prosecutors can propose a reduction in penalties or evendismiss cases if the