Fugitive Snowden likely Venezuela bound, says U.S. journalist (Greenwald)

[ProSense]

Fugitive Snowden likely Venezuela bound, says U.S. journalist

By Paulo Prada

(Reuters) - Fugitive former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden will likely accept asylum in Venezuela to escape prosecution in the United States, said Glenn Greenwald...In an interview immediately after speaking to Snowden by online chat on Tuesday, Greenwald said that Venezuela - one of three Latin American countries that have offered Snowden asylum - is the one most likely to guarantee his safety, especially as the United States pressures other nations not to take him if he is able to leave his current limbo at a Russian airport.

Nicaragua and Bolivia have also said they would accept Snowden but Venezuela is better poised "to get him safely from Moscow to Latin America and to protect him once he's there," Greenwald said. "They're a bigger country, a stronger country and a richer country with more leverage in international affairs."

WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group that has been advising Snowden on his legal options in the search for asylum, suggested earlier on Tuesday that new developments in Snowden's search could unfold on Wednesday.

Greenwald, though, said a resolution to the crisis is still unclear and could take "days or hours or weeks."

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/10/us-usa-security-snowden-greenwald-idUSBRE96901G20130710

Is Greenwald competing with Wikileaks to be Snowden's spokesperson? Or is something else going on?

Wikileaks: Snowden Has Not Formally Accepted Asylum Anywhere Yet
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023209064

Brazilian Senators Support Snowden; Government Says It Won't Offer Asylum

By Paulo Trevisani

BRASILIA--A Brazilian Senate committee voted Tuesday to support U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, even as the government reaffirmed its decision not to offer him asylum.

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News that the U.S. National Security Agency for years monitored phone and Internet logs of Brazilian citizens broke over the weekend and unleashed a series of angry demands for explanations.

U.S. and Brazilian officials say clarifications will be made through diplomatic channels. A spokesman for Brazil's Foreign Affairs ministry said no official explanation had been offered by the U.S. as of Tuesday afternoon.

Although Foreign Affairs Minister Antonio Patriota reaffirmed Tuesday that Brazil won't give asylum to Mr. Snowden, the non-binding Senate support was based on some senator's view that the American had "important information for our country's safety," said senator Randolfe Rodrigues...The Foreign-Affairs ministry spokesman said that the alleged espionage doesn't affect Brazil's decision not to offer Mr. Snowden asylum.

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20130709-708164.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Yeah, "important information" is likely worth a trade for asylum.

[arely staircase]

1. the barely hidden greenwald/assange pissing match is one of my favorite sub-plots in this

nt

[ProSense]

2. It's an ego fest! n/t

[xtraxritical]

3. I can't wait for Wednsday!

[randome]

11. And Wednesday can't wait for you!

Popcorn, indeed. Although I'm going to wait until my daughters and I see Pacific Rim this weekend!

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[font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font]
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[longship]

4. This is damned peculiar!

As the various players play for position, one still doesn't know what the fuck is happening. The information is very fuzzy.

[alcibiades_mystery]

5. Bon Voyage...have a safe trip

Enjoy Venezuela, and super sad for the things you will never see: New York in the fall, your parents in their own house, a Civil War battlefield, the Smithsonian, Harvard Square, the Badlands of South Dakota, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Alamo, the Mississippi, a major league baseball game.

A Hawaiian beach.

Cheers, buddy. And good luck to you.

[flamingdem]

6. But he'll see a lot of this

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Don't get me wrong...that's how I'd prefer to spend my weekends

If I couldn't get to the Lake or catch a Cubs game.

[randome]

12. You forgot Lindsay! Of course everyone seems to have forgotten her.

I'm sure Lindsay has already moved on.

[hr]
[font color="blue"][center]Birds are territorial creatures.
The lyrics to the songbird's melodious trill go something like this:
"Stay out of my territory or I'll PECK YOUR GODDAMNED EYES OUT!"[/center][/font]
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[Rowdyboy]

8. How do you know when Greenwald is lying....usually, his lips are moving....

Why should this be any different.

[flamingdem]

9. So Greenwaldo is saying Venezuela es mas macho here?

That sounds almost like a personal ad. What's he's covering up is that they also have more of a surveillance state than the other choices on the list. They've gotten some of that from Cuba. The masters at keeping things bajo control.

Greenwald said. "They're a bigger country, a stronger country and a richer country with more leverage in international affairs."

[ProSense]

10. Interesting, isn't it? n/t