Guantanamo certainly wasn’t open torture, it was hidden and very controversial. My comment was about the current US government vs the current Kremlin, seems like you’re intentionally misconstruing it to make a point.
No longer safe is a biased way of interpreting the law which allows organizers to be held financially responsible for problems caused by their protest.
Thanks for the info. A couple big assumptions in there without backing, but I think I understand why you’re making them.
An uncomfortable perspective I’ve developed over the past few years is that some of these privacy sacrifices might allow the US government to more effectively counter malicious efforts from governments like the CCP and Kremlin who have no such restrictions. That said, I have no doubt they’ll also be abused.
Why go seek shelter from the Kremlin if he wasn’t already compromised? Seems like there are many better places he could have gone.