Biden asks Ecuador’s president to reject Snowden; Venezuela is open.
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[QUOTE]Vice President Biden has asked Ecuador to turn down an asylum request from Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor charged with espionage for leaking classified intelligence, the country’s president said Saturday.
Rafael Correa said he had a “friendly and very cordial” conversation with Biden in which he told the vice president that Ecuador had not sought the awkward role of deciding whether to harbor an American fugitive, the Associated Press reported.
Correa said Ecuador cannot consider an asylum request until Snowden reaches Ecuador or one of its embassies.
“The moment that he arrives, if he arrives, the first thing is we’ll ask the opinion of the United States, as we did in the Assange case with England,” Correa was quoted as saying during a weekly television address in his country. “But the decision is ours to make.”
...Correa said his conversation with Biden was initiated by the vice president. The Ecuadoran leader praised Biden for being more polite than U.S. senators who have threatened economic penalties if Ecuador doesn’t cooperate in the case.
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said it is “almost certain” that his nation would grant asylum to Snowden if requested, according to published reports. Maduro is scheduled to be in Moscow on Monday to participate in the international Gas Exporting Countries Forum.
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Fuck off Joe Biden.
Biden is a control-freak who has a highly imperialistic attitude(as with most Vice Presidents and Presidents).
This has been known since 2007.
Hah, no way.
Why would Ecuador ask for the US's opinion? I think we all know what the US will say.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;41248104]Biden is a control-freak who has a highly imperialistic attitude[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]Rafael Correa said he had a “friendly and very cordial” conversation with Biden[/QUOTE]
I think you are throwing him under the bus a little bit.
[QUOTE=JoeSkylynx;41248104]Biden is a control-freak who has a highly imperialistic attitude(as with most Vice Presidents and Presidents).
This has been known since 2007.[/QUOTE]
A much worse person could have made the request.. The guy's questionable and eccentric but not batshit crazy.
[QUOTE=Raidyr;41248115]I think you are throwing him under the bus a little bit.[/QUOTE]
of course he would say that, do you expect him to come out and say the vice president acted like a big douchebag?
[QUOTE=Judas;41248121]of course he would say that, do you expect him to come out and say the vice president acted like a big douchebag?[/QUOTE]
No, but he didn't necessarily have to say it was friendly and cordial either. Maybe it actually was a small moment where American diplomacy wasn't Hellfire missiles and threats.
I love the control and power these people have over us. How does the Ecuadorian President make his decision? I'm sure both options are highly consequential.
:Joebiden:
He sounds fair.
What if this ends like the Chris Dorner thing. I wonder what the public reaction will be.
[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;41248891]What if this ends like the Chris Dorner thing. I wonder what the public reaction will be.[/QUOTE]
You mean Dorner blowing his own brains out because he had no escape after murdering a ton of random innocent people? Probably no reaction at all seeing how Snowden has not yet begun to start murdering random innocents before commiting suicide.
Biden looks like a stereotypical bad guy from an 80's action movie.
Biden makes a cordial diplomatic request
RARARAGHFIGSUHSKDJG FACK OFF BIDEN
this shit is getting dumber than the xbone bandwagon
[QUOTE=Tomthetechy;41248891]What if this ends like the Chris Dorner thing. I wonder what the public reaction will be.[/QUOTE]
Snowden isn't killing people so it probably won't end in a shootout and fire. The police may have wanted to silence Dorner but Snowdon has already released most of his information.
Snowden will only need a double barreled if he goes to Venezuela.
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