Ecuador Consul Faces Discipline over Snowden Travel Papers

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06:38 30/06/2013

BUENOS AIRES, June 30 (RIA Novosti) - The Ecuadorean president said on Saturday that the country's consul in London faces a disciplinary action for apparently issuing travel papers to fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, the Wall Street Journal reported.

"If it is <true> that he went beyond his authority, he will be disciplined accordingly," the paper quoted President Rafael Correa as saying during his regular Saturday television address ...

The president said the actions of Consul Fidel Narvaez "were probably taken with Assange in desperation that Mr. Snowden was going to be captured, that was without the knowledge and the authority of the Ecuadorean government" ...

"Now it’s up to the Russian authorities to decide how <the situation with Snowden> will be settled,” Correa said ...

http://en.ria.ru/world/20130630/181963422/Ecuador-Consul-Faces-Discipline-over-Snowden-Travel-Papers.html

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1. 'Russia holds solution for Snowden destination'

AFP
Quito, June 30, 2013

... "To process the asylum application, (Snowden) must be in Ecuadoran territory," the president said in an interview with the private Oromar channel.

"At this moment, the solution of Snowden's destination is in the hands of Russian authorities" ...

"We have not sought out this situation. Snowden is in contact with (WikiLeaks founder Julian) Assange, who recommended he seek asylum in Ecuador," Correa said ...

http://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/SouthAmerica/Russia-holds-solution-for-Snowden-destination/Article1-1084654.aspx

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2. And, once it came out, Correa exits stage left

and throws Narvaez under the bus. Nothing to see here - move along.