He has probably considered that and knows more than we do about what his strategy is. He probably hasn't shown his whole hand either. He might not even be in Hong Kong.
This. We are seeing reports that are hours old. How he released the NSA data was thought about long ago. I doubt he is in HongKong.
Totally - welcome to the farking cyberpunk future we all dreamed about in the 80s.
THis is amazing.
If he lied to The Guardian I would be very surprised. It would be unlikely to help his case.
I don't think you've been paying attention. Glenn Greenwald (who writes for the Guardian) and Laura Poitras (who's independent, but has had bylines for both the Guardian and WP) interviewed him in his hotel room in Hong Kong. He definitely was in Hong Kong for a while.
That was kind of my point. I wasn't the one who said "he might not even be in Hong Kong."
I think the poster of that statement meant that in the interview he made it sound like he was intending to stay in Hong Kong, but that may well not be his strategy.