Snowden, COG, and 9/11

Edward Snowden recently made a few comments about the so-called deep state and 9/11. It would be instructive to assess what he said in the context of the "continuity of government (COG)" system.

What is COG? It appears to be a standalone system or systems designed to keep the US security state running after a nuclear strike. You can read about it here:

https://www.globalresearch.ca/state-of-emergency-and-continuity-of-government-what-is-the-real-reason-the-government-is-spying-on-americans/5338508

Additional background can be found on Peter Dale Scott's website:

https://www.peterdalescott.net/q/

During an interview, Snowden claimed that on 9/11 a vast portion of the US intelligence community was sent home instead of being tasked to assess the attacks:

https://www.wakingtimes.com/2019/10/23/edward-snowden-on-the-joe-rogan-podcast-says-us-government-could-have-prevented-9-11/

His basic claim appears to be that 9/11 could have been prevented but wasn't, and this failure had nothing to do with US complicity in the attacks but was instead an institutional failure of some sort.

He also appears to imply that he was aware of no facts which would support a finding of government complicity in the attacks. What should we make of this?

Here's what I think:

1. If Ed Snowden really were a threat to US national security he would have been assassinated by now. Hiding in Russia isn't enough to keep him (or anyone) safe.

2. The COG communication and data storage systems are completely separate from the rest of the world. As far as I know, Snowden has never claimed to have access to them, so if they DO contain evidence of complicity in 9/11 he can't have known.

3. I find it strange that he (and people like Noam Chomsky) belittles the "conspiracy theorists" who point out that the 9/11 official narrative is completely impossible. Of course there is no hard evidence, because the COG system(s) may be the only place it exists.

I would not be surprised to learn that Ed Snowden was and is part of a limited hangout operation. After all, even though he seems to have spilled the beans on myriad government misdeeds, what has come of it? Nothing consequential that I'm aware of. The spying continues, and none of the wrongdoers have been (or ever will be) punished.

There is absolutely no way those two airliners caused the damage we witnessed on 9/11. If Ed Snowden in fact has seen nothing which would contradict the official version of what happened that day, then I would argue he is not a very convincing analyst on the subject.