Just curious - but how would Israel respond to a problem like Snowden? Israel has a well earned reputation for being somewhat ruthless when it comes to defending its security concerns - Israelis live in a dangerous part of the world, much of which is hostile to them, so they can't really afford sentimental posturing and abstract reasoning and lackadaisical equivocation when it comes to these life and death issues - so how would they have handled the Snowden problem? Being dramatic, one is tempted to think Mossad would have already brought the threat to a suitable conclusion with cold efficiency - but we must assume Snowden has protected himself against premature demise by disseminating his booty to various operatives - my guess is he would never have gotten out of Hong Kong, not in one piece anyways - and that raises the question that remains unanswered and indeed barely even asked: what the hell was the Obama administration doing in that week or so Snowden was stewing in Hong Kong to address the threat and contain the damage? I mean, jesus, they didn't even think to rescind his passport which I assume would have made his trip to Russia impossible - so what exactly were they doing?
