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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 05:07 AM Jun 2013

Pirate Party Norway: - Snowden Passed Through Norway to Iceland

The party leader Øystein Jakobsen would meet with Snowden when he landed on Sunday evening, according to the party’s twitter account.

- We have received information from our international umbrella party, the Pirate Parties International (PPI), that he will stop in Norway. The reason is that this is probably the quickest and easiest way to fly to Iceland, says Tale Østrådal from the Pirate Party to TV2 Norway

Øsrådal also said that Pirate Party in Iceland confirmed Snowden’s stay in the country. Iceland has become a haven for people like him, almost a "Pirate Island," says Østrådal.

The paty leader Jakobsen, on the other hand, thanked the former agent. He has sacrificed his whole life for something he felt wrong. What he has done is exemplary. He has sacrificed a life of freedom to inform the public about a serious infringement, says Jakobsen to TV 2

http://www.tnp.no/norway/panorama/3802-pirate-party-norway-snowden-passed-through-norway-to-iceland


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Pirate Party Norway: - Snowden Passed Through Norway to Iceland (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jun 2013 OP
Ta den ring Tanuki Jun 2013 #1
Snowden seen in Lisbon, en route to Havana.... lastlib Jun 2013 #2
i really have a bad feeling iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #3
Iceland? ReRe Jun 2013 #4
what proof says we dont? iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #5
Well, if that is true about Iceland, it's news to me.... ReRe Jun 2013 #6
Birgitta Jónsdóttir ‏@birgittaj 10m #Snowden is as far as i know still in #Moscow Hissyspit Jun 2013 #7
oh no it`s 'where`s waldo' !!! madrchsod Jun 2013 #8

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
3. i really have a bad feeling
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:15 AM
Jun 2013

that this isn't going to work out for him ..
even if he does make it to Iceland.

we have a lot of leverage there these days as we are now their biggest trading partner.. they currently have a pretty conservative government too...
it can take over a year for an application to even be approved from my understanding...
besides..
for all we know INTERPOL has issued a warrant and kept it sealed so nobody but law enforcement agencies know as to not alert him to it..
.. and if all else fails...
people tend to have a funny way of having a car crash (as weve seen lately) when they've angered the wrong people..

iamthebandfanman

(8,127 posts)
5. what proof says we dont?
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:41 AM
Jun 2013

again, we are THE biggest investor in Iceland these days.. our economic sway over them right now during their recovery is huge...we signed new trade agreements with them back in 2009...
not to mention they are a member of NATO...

and btw, a msg posted on the internetz of tweets from Birgitta Jónsdóttir says
"#Snowden is as far as i know still in #Moscow - the news about him being in #Oslo is due to a VERY bad translation from #Norwegian #Iceland "

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
6. Well, if that is true about Iceland, it's news to me....
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:51 AM
Jun 2013

In that event, I'm sure Snowden isn't going there. Thanks.

Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
7. Birgitta Jónsdóttir ‏@birgittaj 10m #Snowden is as far as i know still in #Moscow
Tue Jun 25, 2013, 06:59 AM
Jun 2013
Birgitta Jónsdóttir ?@birgittaj 10m

#Snowden is as far as i know still in #Moscow - the news about him being in #Oslo is due to a VERY bad translation from #Norwegian #Iceland
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