US agency (NSA) “collecting phone records“

[ZEROSPHERES]

Snowden is in the transit zone of a Moscow airport and has not passed through Russian immigration, Putin said, meaning he is not technically in Russia.

Below is a the story of a guy who, for lack of travel papers was stranded in Charles de Gaulle Airport for an extended time; 18 years. Snowden may fare better, but who knows?

Mehran Karimi Nasseri is an Iranian refugee who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 26 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment. His autobiography has been published as a book (The Terminal Man) and was the basis for the movie The Terminal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehran_Karimi_Nasseri

http://www.snopes.com/travel/airline/airport.asp

[Maggot]

Did he shine shoes or beg? Did he work or bum?

[Duchess]

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed today that Edward Snowden is in a Moscow airport, but said he is a "free person" and will not be stopped from leaving the country by Russian authorities, despite warnings from the U.S. government that the 30-year-old be handed over.

I know that this has already been confirmed & posted but I want to comment on the last sentence. "Despite warnings"? What the hell does that even mean? Comply or else? Or else what? What the hell do they think they are going to do to Russia? That's laughable. Same goes for their bluster directed at China...and people had such a big problem with Bill not keeping his pecker in his pants. Those were the good ol' days, the days when our biggest problem was a Prez who liked to dick around. This shit is ridiculous and still one more day that the government isn't stepping up and accepting at least half of the responsibility for this fiasco.

Contrary to my disrespectful attitude I still believe I live in the greatest country in the world.

[Maggot]

I like to say stuff like this at times like these......


Oh yeah and this.

Own it!

[Duchess]

Alrighty then.

[Cynical Ninja]

Now the krauts are asking the UK if GCHQ is spying on them!

I would hope so they started the last two world wars and third times a charm.

[Donovan]

Re: Bill Clinton, I always crack up when conservative types get all indignant and claim "That man taught my child what oral sex was!" When the truth is, the republicans taught our kids what oral sex is by making it a political thing. Sex hijinx have gone on in the White House since forever but people used to have enough class not to politicize it. We've become a nation of Walmart People. Trashy, cheap and of little value.

[HairOfTheDog]

So, Hong Kong has made a public statement that Snowden is not welcome back.

Ecuadorian President, Correa, has made a public statement that the country has seen the request for asylum, but they won't consider it unless he's already in Ecuador.

Obama has made a public statement labeling Snowden a hacker and someone whose crimes are not worthy of scrambling jets or risking international relations to intercept him. He says that countries should just turn him over so the matter can be handled legally in the US.


Refs:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/world/snowden.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2013/...g/2471415/

[Duchess]

His Dad thinks he's being manipulated by the wiki leaks people.

[Cynical Ninja]

His Dad thinks he's being manipulated by the wiki leaks people.

Probably, I've long suspected that Wikileaks are not the bastions of truth and transparency they claim to be they've got their own hidden agenda just like every other organisation.

[BlueTiki]

I've long suspected that Wikileaks are not the bastions of truth and transparency they claim to be they've got their own hidden agenda just like every other organisation.

I agree.

[Cynical Ninja]

Julian Assange makes my skin crawl there is something just fundamentally insincere about that aussie tosspot.

[Donovan]

His Dad thinks he's being manipulated by the wiki leaks people.

Probably, I've long suspected that Wikileaks are not the bastions of truth and transparency they claim to be they've got their own hidden agenda just like every other organisation.

Wouldn't that make you a conspiracy nut?

[Donovan]

Julian Assange makes my skin crawl there is something just fundamentally insincere about that aussie tosspot.

that's body crabs. Stop lying on the floor in rest stop men's rooms.

[Cynical Ninja]

Wouldn't that make you a conspiracy nut?

Organisations having hidden agendas is a fact of life not a conspiracy theory.

Stay tuned and you might actually learn the difference my little lichtspittle.

[Cynical Ninja]

that's body crabs. Stop lying on the floor in rest stop men's rooms.

As opposed to sitting and waiting beside the glory hole with a sense of girly anticipation like you do cum bucket?

[Donovan]

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Wouldn't that make you a conspiracy nut?

Organisations having hidden agendas is a fact of life not a conspiracy theory.

Stay tuned and you might actually learn the difference my little lichtspittle.

you have trouble remembering what side of the fence you're on from day to day, don't you? I'll give you a hint: your side is the cattle yard, you can tell from all the noisy cows and bullshit over there...

[Donovan]

that's body crabs. Stop lying on the floor in rest stop men's rooms.

As opposed to sitting and waiting beside the glory hole with a sense of girly anticipation like you do cum bucket?

I almost gave you hippie half credit for going 'green' and recycling the joke I just used on you, but you did it so poorly I decided not to.

[Cynical Ninja]

you have trouble remembering what side of the fence you're on from day to day, don't you? I'll give you a hint: your side is the cattle yard, you can tell from all the noisy cows and bullshit over there...

I am not a one dimensional black or white/right or wrong douchebag like you, there are some things I am conservative about and some things I am liberal about. I know this intellectual complexity confuses and baffles a simple minded buffoon like you but that's the way it is my little lichtspittle.

[Cynical Ninja]

I almost gave you hippie half credit for going 'green' and recycling the joke I just used on you, but you did it so poorly I decided not to.

I can only work with the material with which I am provided and in your case I'm afraid the quality of that material is extremely low. Strive to improve by a considerable margin and we may yet witness a general improvement of quality all round douchebag.