Report: Russia and China Crack Encrypted Snowden Files

New submitter garyisabusyguy writes with word that, according to London's Sunday Times, "Russia and China have cracked the top-secret cache of files stolen by the fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden, forcing MI6 to pull agents out of live operations in hostile countries, according to senior officials in Downing Street, the Home Office and the security services," and suggests this non-paywalled Reuters version, too. "MI6 has decided that it is too dangerous to operate in Russia or China," writes the submitter. "This removes intelligence capabilities that have existed throughout the Cold War, and which may have helped to prevent a 'hot' nuclear war. Have the actions of Snowden, and, apparently, the use of weak encryption, made the world less safe?"

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I would hate to be snowden right now

[WindBourne]

Snowden was a traitor that blackmailed America with the threat of releasing the codes if he died or was jailed.
Now, Russia and CHina have the data that they want (which was EVERYTHING that snowden had).
Snowden is sitting in Russia, while we are putting extreme economic pressure on Russia. No doubt at some point, Russia will pull out of Ukraine and will want the sanctions gone. My guess is that America will INSIST on having snowden turned over for prosecution in return.
Snowden will then join manning in prison. For the rest of his fucking miserable life.