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I thought he baited the trap with that comment about how he was sending his partner encrypted files:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/06/25/greenwald-s...

“When I was in Hong Kong, I spoke to my partner in Rio via Skype and told him I would send an electronic encrypted copy of the documents,” Greenwald said. “I did not end up doing it. Two days later his laptop was stolen from our house and nothing else was taken. Nothing like that has happened before. I am not saying it’s connected to this, but obviously the possibility exists.”

After that his partner was definitely in play and that set the stage for todays (or yesterday, depending on where you live) action.



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