Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, leaker of some of the NSA’s most sensitive classified information, has successfully fled Hong Kong by plane yesterday and is now in transit in Moscow allegedly waiting to fly to Latin America.
Written by Chris White (Title Edited)
Reports indicate that Snowden arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport yesterday, where he appears to have greeted by the Ecuadorian Ambassador. The Ecuadorian Ambassador’s car was reported as being seen at the airport immediately prior to Snowden’s expected arrival.
Yesterday Snowden’s lawyer in Hong Kong Albert Ho, said that the Hong Kong authorities had given Snowden an unambiguous assurance that he would be permitted to exit the ex-colony unopposed by customs, with Hong Kong currently unable to prevent him due to an error with the submitted paperwork for extradition.
One US official described the decision not to hold Snowden as a “particularly troubling”.
So far Snowden has leaked large quantities of classified data, including the revelation that the Obama regime has expanded the Bush administration’s espionage to policy to include mass spying on the American population, in the form of phone call, email and bank account intercepts and the harvesting of times, dates and locations of communications known as “meta-data”.
According to Snowden’s revelations the information recovered is being stored en masse as part of a vast NSA spy programme known as PRISM, which essentially spies on the general population in the hope of zeroing in on what the US defines as suspected terrorists.
On foot of condemning Hong Kong’s decision to allow Snowden to travel as “disappointing”, officials in Washington say that the White House expects the Russian Government to “look at all options available” to extradite the fugitive to the United States to face charges. However, the Russian Government has insisted that there are “no grounds” on which they can apprehend Mr. Snowden for extradition to the US.
The US State Department is currently calling on all “Western Hemisphere” countries not to allow him to enter their territory. In an official statement the department said: “The US is advising these governments that Snowden is wanted on felony charges and as such should not be allowed to proceed in any further international travel, other than is necessary to return him to the United States.”
In a statement to journalists a spokeswoman for US National Security Council Caitlin Hayden said this morning: “We expect the Russian government to look at all options available to expel Mr Snowden back to the US to face justice for the crimes with which he is charged.” – Highlighting the “intensified co-operation between the Russian Federation and the United States following the Boston bombings, allegedly carried out by two Chechens without any FBI or US intelligence assistance or prior planning.
Russia’s response appears to have come through the Russian News agency Interfax which quoted an undisclosed Russian Government sources as stating: “Snowden has not committed any crimes on Russian territory. In addition, Russian law-enforcement agencies have received no instructions through Interpol to detain him. So we have no grounds to detain this transit passenger.”
The Jewish US Senator Chuck Schumer has responded to Russia’s apparent decision not to interfere with Snowden’s attempts to flee the grip of the Obama regime by blasting Prime Minister Putin as sticking “a finger in the eye of the United States”
Raving on CNN’s State of The Union program Senator Schumer said this morning: “What’s infuriating here is Prime Minister Putin of Russia aiding and abetting Snowden’s escape. The bottom line is very simple. Allies are supposed to treat each other in decent ways and Putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the United States, whether it is Syria, Iran and now, of course, with Snowden! That’s not how allies should treat one another and I think it will have serious consequences for the United States-Russia relationship.”
It is believed that Snowden will now go to seek asylum in Ecuador via Cuba. Ecuador has already granted asylum to head of Wikileaks Julian Assange, who is currently holed up in Ecuador’s Embassy in London. Wikileaks claims to be assisting Snowden in his flight from Obama’s law enforcers.
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino who is currently visiting Vietnam said this morning that Snowden’s request for political asylum in Ecuador was being analysed.
In a statement Wikileaks said: “Mr. Snowden is bound for the Republic of Ecuador via a safe route for the purposes of asylum and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisers from Wikileaks.”
Snowden has so far been charged with the following charges, each one if convicted carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.
- Theft of US Government property.
- Communication of National Defence Information.
- Wilful Communication of Classified Communications Intelligence.
It is said that the Obama regime is desperate to stop Snowden before he releases any more information on the Obama mass spy grid.
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