Snowden still in Moscow airport according to BBC.

[Cleita]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23053915

Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden is still in the transit area at Moscow airport, Russia's President Vladimir Putin has confirmed.

Mr Putin said the intelligence leaker remained a free man, and the sooner he chose a destination the better.

But a White House spokeswoman said Russia had a "clear legal basis" to expel Mr Snowden.

Because Mr Snowden is in the pre-immigration area of the airport, he is technically not yet on Russian soil.

The Russians have rejected American charges that they have assisted Mr Snowden.

More at link.

[CJCRANE]

1. That settles it...

Tom Hanks will play Snowden in the movie version.

He just needs to bump into a Catherine Zeta-Jones lookalike in the transit lounge.

[PoliticAverse]

3. The back story...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri

[FarCenter]

6. 17 years in Terminal 1 at Charles DeGaulle must be the very definition of Hell.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Love these Eddie the Eagle updates

They do break up the day.

[kentuck]

4. They should deliver his paperwork about tomorrow, I would think?

[BeyondGeography]

5. If he had to do it all over...

I wonder.

[flamingdem]

7. my bet is on Iceland

Ecuador has its hands full and doesn't want to lose trade w the usa

[PoliticAverse]

8. Snowden stuck in Moscow airport, 'can't buy ticket with invalid passport'

Edward Snowden is not booked to fly out of Moscow over the next three days, and with no valid passport, the NSA whistleblower might be stuck in airport limbo indefinitely.

http://rt.com/news/snowden-terminal-passport-stuck-265/?utm_source=RT&utm_medium=RT&utm_campaign=RT&utm_term=RT&utm_content=RT

[treestar]

10. What happened to the Ecuadorian refugee travel document?

[PoliticAverse]

12. According to the article...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange told RT that Snowden had been given special refugee documents by the Ecuadorian government which facilitated his travel to Russia. It is unclear whether he can continue traveling on that document.

However, the group warned via Twitter on Wednesday that "cancelling Snowden's passport and bullying intermediary countries may keep Snowden permanently in Russia.”

[treestar]

14. Odd, maybe that shows Ecuador not so willing

We had the right to cancel the passport, since there is an arrest warrant. The Russians are not bullied as they have refused to extradite. HK could have arrest him as they even have an extradition treaty, so it's hard to make these countries out as victims of US "bullying."

[randome]

9. Instead of "Run, Eddie, run!" it's become "Sit, Eddie, sit!"

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[treestar]

11. Wonder BBC is calling him a whistleblower

I would have expected them to be more objective than that.

[randome]

13. Maybe because Eddie has changed since we last saw him.

A few days in the Moscow airport can change a man.



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[treestar]

15. lol