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Showing Original Post only (View all)Snowden is trapped in Moscow [View all]
Snowden does not have Ecuadorian travel documents
But according to a senior official in Ecuador's foreign ministry on Wednesday, Mr. Snowden had no such pass. "He does not have any documents issued by the government of Ecuador, such as a passport or a refugee identification," said Galo Galarza, a senior ministry official. He didn't provide additional details.
Also Wednesday, Ecuador's foreign ministry said the country would consider whether to grant asylum to Mr. Snowden if he presents himself at one of the country's diplomatic missions
Also Wednesday, Ecuador's foreign ministry said the country would consider whether to grant asylum to Mr. Snowden if he presents himself at one of the country's diplomatic missions
Looks like he is trapped.
An analysis of the commercial air routes available for a U.S. fugitive seeking to travel from Moscow showed that all necessary layover stops on the 7,000-mile route to Ecuador would be in countries that have extradition treaties with the U.S.including Cuba, which has been working recently to improve U.S. ties and has so far received two flights from Moscow since Sunday without Mr. Snowden aboard.
"I think the fact that for three days in a row, Snowden hasn't gotten on the plane to Cuba begins to tell us something about how welcome he is in Havana," said Phil Peters, an analyst at the Cuba Research Center in Washington.
"I think the fact that for three days in a row, Snowden hasn't gotten on the plane to Cuba begins to tell us something about how welcome he is in Havana," said Phil Peters, an analyst at the Cuba Research Center in Washington.
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He can fly direct to Venezuela, if charts are right, to begin his Libertarian Retraining Bootcamp
flamingdem
Jun 2013
#14
We're about to hear Ecuador say they'll take him because Obama wouldn't make a deal with them
flamingdem
Jun 2013
#29
For that matter, he could walk out of the airport and go to the Ecuadorean embassy
Recursion
Jun 2013
#9
He would need the official cooperation of the Russians to do that: the transit area is
struggle4progress
Jun 2013
#28
They have a new accord from 2006 - agreement not to take fugitives from the USA
flamingdem
Jun 2013
#18
If he does get on a plane and it goes over US territory or an ally of the US can't they
hrmjustin
Jun 2013
#22
I think if he is flying over the nation Obama will have to force the plane to land.
hrmjustin
Jun 2013
#26
Really, i don't care what happens to Snowden. I care about jobs for American families and the VRA
kelliekat44
Jun 2013
#31
There's a need for that to get him to Ecuador, I see a hacking through the Amazon
flamingdem
Jun 2013
#46