Title: Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets
Author: Janet Reitman
Publisher: Rolling Stone
Publication date: December 4, 2013
Original URL: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/snowden-and-greenwald-the-men-who-leaked-the-secrets-104970/
Verified republication: https://readersupportednews.org/component/content/article/276/20772-snowden-and-greenwald-the-men-who-leaked-the-secrets
Retrieved: October 8, 2026
Format: Short attributed source extract, not a complete article copy.

Locator: Paragraph beginning with Snowden's preference for Latin America to pursue U.S. reform; Assange's response comparing long-term protection.

Julian Assange:
"In Russia, he's safe, he's well-regarded, and that is not likely to change."

Context: Reitman attributes to Assange both Snowden's concern about appearing to defect and Assange's preference for Russian protection. The quotation predates the May 2015 Democracy Now! interview.