Snowden should take Venezuelan asylum offer, Russian official says
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[QUOTE]An influential Russian lawmaker on Sunday advised fugitive leaker Edward Snowden to take up Venezuela's offer of asylum, deeming it his "last chance" and cautioning that the leaker of U.S. security secrets can't live at Moscow's airport forever.
It was a clear sign from the Kremlin that it has tired of the international standoff over Snowden, the 30-year-old former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed classified information about widespread U.S. surveillance of worldwide telephone and Internet contacts.
"Venezuela is waiting for an answer from Snowden," Alexei Pushkov, head of the Russian parliament's international affairs committee, said on Twitter. "This, perhaps, is his last chance to receive political asylum."
In a separate tweet, Pushkov noted that Snowden "shouldn't live in Sheremetyevo," Moscow's main international airport where the fugitive has been stuck in a transit area for two weeks.
Snowden arrived to Moscow on a flight from Hong Kong on June 23. But his U.S. passport had been revoked after Justice Department officials brought espionage charges against him and sought his extradition. That has prevented him from proceeding through passport control and officially entering Russian territory. The airport corridors and holding areas between the arrival gates and the immigration booths staffed by border guards comprise a diplomatic no-man's land from which an undocumented person can neither enter nor depart.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced Friday that his country was offering "humanitarian asylum" to Snowden so that he can live without "persecution from the empire," a reference to the United States.
On Saturday, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua told reporters in Caracas that his office had not yet been in contact with Russian authorities but expected to be in touch Monday.
For Snowden to leave for Caracas, diplomats at the Venezuelan Embassy in Moscow would have to provide him with travel papers before he could board flights headed for South America. There are no scheduled direct Moscow-to-Caracas flights and most connections are through the United States, Spain or other countries that would put Snowden at risk of arrest during a stopover. However, Aeroflot and Cuba's Avianca have direct flights from Moscow to Havana, from where he could easily travel on to Caracas.
Venezuela is one of three countries that have offered asylum to Snowden. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega announced at the same time as Maduro his country's willingness to take in the fugitive "if conditions allow," and Bolivian President Evo Morales extended an offer Saturday. Morales said the move was in retaliation for European countries' denying his plane entry to their airspace last week as he traveled back to La Paz from Moscow. Spain, Italy, France and Portugal reportedly had been informed by unknown U.S. sources that Snowden was on board Morales' plane.
Pushkov's comments on Twitter and in an interview with Voice of Russia radio appeared to signal the Kremlin's desire for Snowden to move on. President Vladimir Putin last week said that Snowden was welcome to settle in Russia but only if he ceased leaking classified information that was damaging to "our American partners." That prompted Snowden to withdraw his application for asylum in Russia.[/QUOTE]
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I think he's running out of time to do something. He's going to have to make a decision soon.
Man, talk about being stuck between a rock and a hard place...
Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
Agree or disagree for Y/N.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;41354836]Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
Agree or disagree for Y/N.[/QUOTE]
in reality probably not one
unless you like going to jail
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;41354836]Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
Agree or disagree for Y/N.[/QUOTE]
Yes. If it meant jail for me, so be it.
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."
-Henry David Thoreau
[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];41355127']Yes. If it meant jail for me, so be it.
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."
-Henry David Thoreau[/QUOTE]
I love the idealism, but when you think about it, would you?
[QUOTE='[Seed Eater];41355127']Yes. If it meant jail for me, so be it.
"Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison."
-Henry David Thoreau[/QUOTE]
odds are, you'd be charged with treason (or not even given a trial at all) and gitmo'd right along with him, if they found you
[QUOTE=Lord of Ears;41355316]odds are, you'd be charged with treason (or not even given a trial at all) and gitmo'd right along with him, if they found you[/QUOTE]
Snowden isn't even charged with treason so there's absolutely no reason somebody harboring him would be.
doesn't matter still gitmo'd
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;41354836]Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
Agree or disagree for Y/N.[/QUOTE]
My family still has an empty apartment in Venezuela from before we moved to Panama, so YES.
Isn't Venezuela like literally hell
some first-hand accounts from facepunchers certainly made it out that way
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;41354836]Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
Agree or disagree for Y/N.[/QUOTE]
That depends
Do I have some time to make my addic liveable first?
Venezuela or nothing tbh
[QUOTE=Simplemac3;41356658]Isn't Venezuela like literally hell
some first-hand accounts from facepunchers certainly made it out that way[/QUOTE]
if you compare it to nicaragua and bolivia is pretty nice tbh
[QUOTE=Simplemac3;41356658]Isn't Venezuela like literally hell
some first-hand accounts from facepunchers certainly made it out that way[/QUOTE]
compared to being stuck into a dinky cell, i think its still better.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;41354836]Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
Agree or disagree for Y/N.[/QUOTE]
I don't want my country's wildlife to kill him if I let him stay at my joint.
[QUOTE=Simplemac3;41356658]Isn't Venezuela like literally hell
some first-hand accounts from facepunchers certainly made it out that way[/QUOTE]
I've been there on vacation before, it was actually incredibly nice in pretty much every way. Then again, I think that was right before a lot of political turmoil started over there, so things may be different now.
[QUOTE=AWarGuy;41357834]I don't want my country's wildlife to kill him if I let him stay at my joint.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Eudoxia;41354836]Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
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Reminds me of this scene
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cCV_4pZ9rA[/media]
[QUOTE=blehblehbleh;41357866]I've been there on vacation before, it was actually incredibly nice in pretty much every way. Then again, I think that was right before a lot of political turmoil started over there, so things may be different now.[/QUOTE]
where did you go? :v:
[QUOTE=barttool;41360133]where did you go? :v:[/QUOTE]
Two days in Caracas and a week or so on an island called Isla Margarita I believe.
[QUOTE=Eudoxia;41354836]Would Facepunchers hide Snowden in their home, knowing the potential consequences if (read, when) they are caught?
Agree or disagree for Y/N.[/QUOTE]
Hey Snowden wanna stay at my place? Yeah man its the barracks at pearl harbor you'd love it!
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