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01 Nov 2015, 8:07 pm

I just want to say that many Americans consider him a traitor. Given that most NATO members are also EU members, then this is a provocative act. Sorry but I haven't looked into the details regarding how this resolution was passed.

I won't argue whether or not Snowden's actions have done any good, but what he did was a felony. Neither President Obama nor anybody likely to succeed him is going to pardon him (I am assuming he won't be succeeded either by Bernie Sanders or Rand Paul).

I can't imagine this resolution would guarantee him any real safety in the EU. His only chance to avoid being taken into custody and extradited is to stay in Russia. I don't think he would last five minutes in a country like Hungary where four years ago they placed a statue of Ronald Reagan in Budapest's Szabadsag Square.


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01 Nov 2015, 9:47 pm

I doubt he will leave Russia.



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01 Nov 2015, 10:36 pm

Probably not. I wouldn't in his case. He knows he is safe in Russia because they would have extradited him already if they were going to. Who knows if the EU country he goes too or through will do the same.



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02 Nov 2015, 8:56 am

EU parliament has no enforcement mechanism, he'd get snatched up the second he set foot in in the EU since the US can pressure the individual governments into doing what they want.



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02 Nov 2015, 10:22 am

Links to news articles, please?


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02 Nov 2015, 11:18 am

http://www.journaldugeek.com/2015/10/30 ... d-snowden/
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/1 ... w-o31.html
The vote, which has no legal force, was 285-281. @ http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/29/europ ... index.html



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02 Nov 2015, 2:00 pm

traven wrote:
... The vote, which has no legal force ...
... is thus irrelevant.

No wonder it's getting no play in the mainstream media.


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02 Nov 2015, 2:18 pm

What about Germany? I don't think Merkel is a fan of the NSA spying network. Or maybe they don't want the diplomatic headache of dealing with Snowden.



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05 Nov 2015, 7:58 pm

Jacoby wrote:
EU parliament has no enforcement mechanism, he'd get snatched up the second he set foot in in the EU since the US can pressure the individual governments into doing what they want.


and he knows Russia would never knuckle under like the EU nations might



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07 Nov 2015, 2:47 am

In the meantime; yes we can &&&& why not ?
Members of the State Duma Committee for Property Issues have drafted a bill that would prohibit Russian civil servants, businesses and ordinary citizens from disclosing any official information to foreign states, groups or international organizations. https://www.rt.com/politics/320151-mps- ... -for-info/

Or this, ridiculous ? or a "I love it when a plan comes together" -thing
Holy Wi-Fi: Russian Church to offer free, ‘clean’ internet to all
https://www.rt.com/politics/321064-holy ... an-church/