{"id":36482,"date":"2013-07-02T08:09:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T12:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=36482"},"modified":"2013-07-02T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T13:13:23","slug":"the-snowden-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=36482","title":{"rendered":"The Snowden problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

I guess Ed Snowden the NSA contractor who took the job so he could make himself famous is proving to be problematic for all the nations of the world. He’s applied for asylum in a number of countries, hoping one will finally bite. Business Insider<\/a> has the list;<\/p>\n

Here are the 19 countries:<\/p>\n

Republic of Austria, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the People\u2019s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Finland, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of India, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Poland, the Russian Federation, the Kingdom of Spain, the Swiss Confederation and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Equador’s Rafael Correa says that they’re not considering allowing him<\/a> in that country, even though they’re providing a haven for Julian Assange, the Wikileaks dude;<\/p>\n

The president, speaking at the presidential palace in Quito, said his government did not intentionally help Snowden travel from Hong Kong to Moscow with a temporary travel pass. “It was a mistake on our part,” he added.<\/p>\n

Asked if he thought the former NSA contractor would ever make it to Quito, he replied: “Mr Snowden’s situation is very complicated, but in this moment he is in Russian territory and these are decisions for the Russian authorities.”<\/p>\n

On whether Correa would like to meet him, the president said: “Not particularly. He’s a very complicated person. Strictly speaking, Mr Snowden spied for some time.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The New York Times<\/a> reports that Vlad the Putin says that Snowden needs to stop releasing US sensitive information if he wants to stay there;<\/p>\n

Mr. Putin has tried to stake out a neutral position since Mr. Snowden landed at Sheremetyevo airport eight days ago. If he grants Mr. Snowden asylum, Mr. Putin will inflict severe damage on Russia\u2019s relationship with the United States. If he plays a part in his capture, he will appear to have bent to Washington\u2019s will.<\/p>\n

At a news conference on Monday, Mr. Putin tried to thread the needle, saying Mr. Snowden was welcome to stay in Russia as long as he stopped publishing classified documents that hurt the United States\u2019 interests. He went on to acknowledge that this was unlikely to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he wants to go somewhere and they accept him, please, be my guest,\u201d Mr. Putin said. \u201cIf he wants to stay here, there is one condition: He must cease his work aimed at inflicting damage to our American partners, as strange as it may sound from my lips.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Washington Post<\/a> reports that, in a new statement Snowden blames Obama and the United States for his dilemma;<\/p>\n

For decades the United States of America have been one of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly, this right, laid out and voted for by the U.S. in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is now being rejected by the current government of my country. The Obama administration has now adopted the strategy of using citizenship as a weapon. Although I am convicted of nothing, it has unilaterally revoked my passport, leaving me a stateless person.<\/p>\n

Without any judicial order, the administration now seeks to stop me exercising a basic right. A right that belongs to everybody. The right to seek asylum.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, nice try there, Goober. You’re a spy, regardless if your intentions were better than they appear at this distance. In order to decide your guilt or innocence, you have to go to trial first and it looks like you’re not willing to do that anytime soon. It wasn’t the Obama Administration who made you stateless – it was you. Snowden said early in this theater of his that he was willing to pay the price, like he was a martyr, but not so much now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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