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onehandle

(51,122 posts)
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 02:43 PM Jun 2013

NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK

Source: AP



LONDON (AP) -- The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S. government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom.

A travel alert, dated Monday on a Home Office letterhead, said carriers should deny Snowden boarding because "the individual is highly likely to be refused entry to the U.K."

The Associated Press saw a photograph of the document taken Friday at a Thai airport. A British diplomat confirmed that the document was genuine and was sent out to airlines around the world. Airlines in Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore also confirmed the alert had been issued. In London, Home Office officials refused Friday to discuss the travel alert.

The diplomat said such alerts are issued to carriers that fly into the U.K., and if any airline brings Snowden into the country, it will be liable to be fined 2,000 British pounds ($3,100). He said Snowden would likely have been deemed by the Home Office to be detrimental to the "public good."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/apnewsbreak-nsa-leaker-snowden-not-130119736.html

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NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK (Original Post) onehandle Jun 2013 OP
Shoot! My money was on him winding up in the U.K. SleeplessinSoCal Jun 2013 #1
Someone should dig up another pic of him. Wait Wut Jun 2013 #2
I'm pretty sure China would Iliyah Jun 2013 #3
Why in the world would he go to an extradition partner country? AtheistCrusader Jun 2013 #4
Well, that's a gimme. Daemonaquila Jun 2013 #5
Guy probably burned their human intel operatives, too alcibiades_mystery Jun 2013 #6
Big Brother is unhappy. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #7
The UK is still pissed about the AP revealing their double agent who was with Al Qaeda Arab okaawhatever Jun 2013 #8
Gulf airlines told not to carry US whistleblower Judi Lynn Jun 2013 #9

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
2. Someone should dig up another pic of him.
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 02:47 PM
Jun 2013

He looks like he's wearing Google Glass in that one. Not helping.

 

Daemonaquila

(1,712 posts)
5. Well, that's a gimme.
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:57 PM
Jun 2013

Given their Assange problem at the moment.

Though if Snowden went to the UK, Julian might get a roommate at the Ecuadoran embassy.

okaawhatever

(9,453 posts)
8. The UK is still pissed about the AP revealing their double agent who was with Al Qaeda Arab
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 08:55 PM
Jun 2013

Peninsula. They probably aren't very leaker-friendly right now.

Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
9. Gulf airlines told not to carry US whistleblower
Mon Jun 17, 2013, 07:27 AM
Jun 2013

Gulf airlines told not to carry US whistleblower
By Shane McGinley Monday, 17 June 2013 2:03 PM

Gulf carriers, along with most major airlines around the world, have been issued a travel alert by the British government not to allow US National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden to fly to the UK.

The region's airlines have not revealed what action they will take if he attempts to board one of their aircraft.

The travel alert, issued on June 10 by the Risk and Liaison Overseas Network, which is part of the UK Border Agency, contained a photograph of Edward Snowden and gave his date of birth and passport number.

“If this individual attempts to travel the UK carriers should deny boarding," it said, according to a report by the Associated Press news agency.

More:
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/gulf-airlines-told-not-carry-us-whistleblower-505444.html

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