Snowden receives refugee document of passage from Ecuador
Source: REUTERS
(Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Monday that fugitive U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden had received refugee papers from the Ecuador government to secure him safe passage as he fled Hong Kong over the weekend.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/24/us-usa-security-passage-idUSBRE95N0UC20130624
More from about 35 minutes ago on The Guardian's Snowden Live Blog:
Asked about how Snowden had been able to travel after his US passport had been cancelled, Assange said Snowden was supplied with a refugee document of passage by the Ecuadoran government. But this did not imply they would accept his asylum application.
It is the right of citizenship should not be revocable under the UN conventions to which the US is a party. Citizens must have free movement to enter and leave their country. No one wants travelling overseas under difficult conditions to effectively have their citizenship be revoked by the removing of the most important instrument: a passport. that unilateral action without any due process against Mr Snowden is another example of a secret process in the US.
In relation to Hong Kong Mr Snowden was supplied with a refugee document of passage by the Ecuadoran government.
Asked if Snowden had been interviewed by the Chinese authorities at all before leaving Hong Kong, Assange said: As far as I am aware that is false.
There was no advance communication between Snowden and Russian officials before he departed from Hong Kong, Assange said.
Hong Kong, China, Russia, Ecuador, WikiLeaks and all the rest of you little people!!
YOU DARE DENY AMERICA HER FIAT!?!?
OFF WITH YOUR HEADS!!
OFF WITH YOUR HEADS!!
PB
totodeinhere
(13,034 posts)My choice would be Jesse Eisenberg. He has played geeks before and he is about the same age.
iandhr
(6,852 posts)Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...Jay Carney just now, Snowden is definitely in Russia.
Further, US warns Moscow not to let Edward Snowden escape Russia
PB
totodeinhere
(13,034 posts)The days of this country's throwing its weight around on the international stage are over.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)...it should not go without consideration that Russia is almost entirely encircled by a ring of NATO missiles and very close, much closer, than the US would allow for. Also Putin, along with many other Russian politicians, have openly decried the US's destabilizing influence on their political process.
I guess what I'm getting at is that the Russians are dealing with enough threats from us/NATO that shit about Snowden really doesn't "rate". Warning, threats to the Russians...they've got bigger problems from us and they know Snowden isn't going to solve them no matter how they use his information (if that's fully available to them) or he, himself, as a bargaining chip with the US.
So, in a way, it's kind of dealer's choice on Russia's part. This is small beans to them and something, IMO, they'll probably use to poke a finger in the eye of Western powers (but especially the US), then to try to get something in return.
PB