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In reply to the discussion: General Correction: Snowden did not choose to be in Russia. [View all]struggle4progress
(118,273 posts)in order to flee justice in the US, any more than there is any right to travel under the protection of any other country in order to flee justice in that country. That fact alone, of course, doesn't itself prevent a country from allowing Snowden to travel there, with or without a US passport, if the country wants to allow Snowden to travel there
Nothing would prevent Russia from allowing Snowden to travel there without a US passport, if Russia decided to do so -- and the sequence of events, together with some press reports, suggest that is exactly what happened. Charges against Snowden became known to the public several days before he went to Russia, and existing regulations in the CFR allow for passport revocation under such circumstances
AP Source: NSA leaker Snowden's passport revoked
Jun. 23, 2013 5:19 PM EDT
By MATTHEW V. LEE
Among the conflicting reports at the time were claims that Snowden had traveled to Russia using an Ecuadorian document: that, of course, would support the view that Snowden's passport was invalidated while he was still in Hong Kong
In any case, the point should be clear: any country could agree to let Snowden travel there if they so liked, whether or not he held a valid US passport