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Edward Snowden breaks silence to threaten new U.S. disclosures
Reuters ^ | July 1, 2013

Posted on 07/01/2013 2:26:30 PM PDT by maggief

EXCERPT

... Snowden said the United States was illegally persecuting him for revealing its electronic surveillance programme, PRISM. He also thanked Ecuador for helping him get to Russia and for examining his asylum request.

(Excerpt) Read more at in.reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 702renewal; ecuador; fisa; iran; nsa; prism; russia; snowden; traitor; treason

1 posted on 07/01/2013 2:26:30 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Thailand?


2 posted on 07/01/2013 2:34:06 PM PDT by Lx (Do you like it, do you like it. Scott? I call it Mr. and Mrs. Tennerman chili.)
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To: maggief

I didn’t see any evidence in the article that Snowden made any threats.


3 posted on 07/01/2013 2:38:04 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
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To: maggief; Nachum; Cindy; G8 Diplomat; AdmSmith; Dog; nuconvert; Straight Vermonter; dervish; ...

Putin just said that he can stay for now as long as he makes no more disclosures while in Russia of any more US state secrets.

Ecuador won’t take him and Snowden has applied for asylum to 10 other countries, including Iran....

Snowden would be snatched in most countries he has applied to.

Here’s what will tip off his trail:

Every country he has applied to for asylum has an embassy in Moscow. If any country accepts him, Snowden can get a Russian transit visa that lasts for 3 days. With it he moves to the prospective country’s embassy and gets asylum finalized, and letters of refugee and a visa to that country.

We are leaning hard on every prospective country, no chance he goes to any NATO country like Iceland.

Any country we embargo are the only possibilities, Iran, N Korea, Cuba, etc.

Assange is boxed also, he could go to Ecuador as soon as he gets citizenship and diplomat credentials. Now Ecuador is dragging its feet. Assange had about 6,000 emails from dissidents to and from our embassy in Quito. Now that he has given them up, Ecuador is rethinking their future options and very good chance they won’t keep their promises to Assange.

Besides, we can snatch from almost anywhere. Learn to look over shoulders Snowden and Assange.


4 posted on 07/01/2013 3:17:34 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: maggief

New disclosures from a high school drop out!

Heretofore, I never dreamed such low life’s could get such top secret jobs, and I mean every word I typed, seriously.


5 posted on 07/01/2013 3:21:48 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: maggief

6 posted on 07/01/2013 3:23:50 PM PDT by JoeProBono (Mille vocibus imago valet;-{)
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To: gandalftb

But everything he’s mentioned, no country is surprised by any of it.

Unless, of course, he has stuff that will bring real big boys down.


7 posted on 07/01/2013 3:27:56 PM PDT by txhurl (RNC 'voter suppression': attempting to limit each voter to ONE vote!)
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To: maggief

Eddie is getting dangerously close to his sell by date.


8 posted on 07/01/2013 3:30:17 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: BarnacleCenturion

He implied he can still publish info.

I don’t think it’s about his aunt sue. Ifs classified info he’s talking about. He’s a punk.


9 posted on 07/01/2013 6:04:27 PM PDT by what's up
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To: maggief

Here’s the 20 countries that Snowden has applied for asylum:

Austria, Bolivia, Brazil, China, Cuba, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Ireland, The Netherlands, Nicaragua, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela, Ecuador

I believe that he has also applied to Iceland and Iran.


10 posted on 07/01/2013 9:41:42 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Yep, if he was yogurt, it probably wouldn’t be stocked on the shelf anymore.


11 posted on 07/02/2013 2:58:48 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: All

On The Internet:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/ecuador-rafael-correa-snowden-mistake

“Rafael Correa not considering Snowden asylum: helping him was a ‘mistake’

Ecuador’s president reveals travel pass was granted ‘without authorisation’ and says whistleblower is now Russia’s problem”

Rory Carroll in Quito
guardian.co.uk, Monday 1 July 2013 21.44 EDT

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A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html

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http://www.nation.co.ke/News/world/Snowden-thanks-Ecuador-president/-/1068/1901718/-/11d5dsyz/-/index.html

“Ecuador ‘an example to the world’: Snowden”

By AFP
Posted Tuesday, July 2 2013 at 05:09

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https://www.facebook.com/CarolCNN/posts/588150457896239

Carol Costello CNN
13 minutes ago ·

“NSA leaker, Edward Snowden’s letter to Ecuador President Correa:
(obtained by The Guardian Newspaper)”

“Ecuador ‘an example to the world’: Snowden”
By AFP
Posted Tuesday, July 2 2013 at 05:09

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http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268777/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=2FlrATsO

“Ecuador flower growers in Snowden shock”

MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
Published: Jun 30, 2013

PIFO, Ecuador (AP)


12 posted on 07/02/2013 3:07:01 AM PDT by Cindy
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On Twitter:

Quote:

theiranproject.com/blog/2013/07/02/nsa-leaker-snowden-reportedly-withdraws-asylum-request-to-russia/

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twitter.com/Iran/status/351986684101013504

Ir.iran
@Iran

#NSA leaker #Snowden reportedly withdraws asylum request to #Russia
http://theiranproject.com/blog/2013/07/02/nsa-leaker-snowden-reportedly-withdraws-asylum-request-to-russia/


13 posted on 07/02/2013 3:17:02 AM PDT by Cindy
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Previously...

http://freebeacon.com/the-correa-khamenei-axis/

“The Correa-Khamenei Axis
Ecuador pumping up its relationship with Iran and Syria, experts say”

BY: Lachlan Markay
May 28, 2013 2:40 pm


14 posted on 07/02/2013 3:19:04 AM PDT by Cindy
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To: maggief
I don't really have an opinion of Snowden yet.

(Speaking as a high school drop out who received her GED and went on to a much better life.)

The one thing that stands out to me is this:
I see that many of the people bashing Snowden for being a traitor also took an oath.
How many of them are guilty of what they bash Snowden for.
Hypocrisy at it's finest.
15 posted on 07/02/2013 3:43:10 AM PDT by novemberslady
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