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Snowden, a former contractor for the US National Security Agency, is wanted by the United States for disclosing a top-secret surveillance program that allegedly targeted millions of Americans. He is reportedly in Moscow.
We invite Edward Snowden to work with us and hope that as soon as he settles his legal status, he will collaborate with our working group and provide us with proof of US intelligences agencies access to the servers of Internet firms, Senator Ruslan Gattarov said Thursday, a day after Russias upper house of parliament decided to set up a special working group to investigate Snowdens claims.
Gattarov, appointed to lead the group, told RIA Novosti that it would incorporate legislators, diplomats, prosecutors and communications officials. Preliminary results of the investigation should be made public in October.
Meanwhile, a member of President Vladimir Putins Human Rights Council, Kirill Kabanov, has said he asked his colleagues to consider asking the Russian government to grant political asylum to Snowden. The councils chairman, Mikhail Fedotov, said the request would be considered and put to a vote.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130627/181916931/Russian-Parliament-Invites-Snowden-to-Investigate-Spying-Claims.html
railsback
(1,881 posts)The Falcon and The Snowman are probably pretty pissed right about now.
Tarheel_Dem
(31,220 posts)monmouth3
(3,871 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)BenzoDia
(1,010 posts)FarCenter
(19,429 posts)They are unlikely to disagree with the Russian government position.
Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)even the Russians admit Snowden has no proof that the NSA had direct access to the servers of internet firms.
Something many of us have been saying. Snowden also claimed he could tap the President's phone and listen to his phone calls any time he wanted to.
*cough* BULLSHIT *cough*
Snowden's claims just don't add up.
JaneyVee
(19,877 posts)Cha
(296,726 posts)in the sand and pretend.. "oh, nothing to see here.."
We invite Edward Snowden to work with us and hope that as soon as he settles his legal status, he will collaborate with our working group and provide us with proof of US intelligences agencies access to the servers of Internet firms, Senator Ruslan Gattarov said Thursday, a day after Russias upper house of parliament decided to set up a special working group to investigate Snowdens claims."
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)whether he wants to or not.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)talk about how they treated dissidents, some of whom were welcomed here. But we don't dare mention 'torture' anymore, we have refused to prosecute the torturers. This is what happens when a country loses its moral authority.
GeorgeGist
(25,308 posts)Worms his way into the belly of the bear. Bwahahahaha!
Cha
(296,726 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)it should be called the "he's in a pickle tour"
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randome
(34,845 posts)Take the hint, Eddie. They want you to get the fuck out of their airport! Go home, Eddie. Lindsay will be waiting for you. The NSA told me.
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