Snowden has landed and

[Ichingcarpenter]

Russia's Interfax news agency reports Venezuelan diplomat picked Snowden up in a car on tarmac at Moscow airport. Whisked him away

http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-leaves-hong-kong-moscow-live

[MannyGoldstein]

1. Venezuela gets to moon the US now

I suspect they won't extradite Snowden after what we've pulled on them in the past.

[alcibiades_mystery]

2. "Hegel said that all great world historical events and personages appear, so to speak, twice..."

"...He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second as farce."

- Karl Marx, The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte

We're well into farce stage now.

[MannyGoldstein]

3. I guess the Fourth Amendment is making its second appearance now?

That would explain things.

[xchrom]

4. !

smartypants.

[Octafish]

8. Don't forget the First!

Speech, free press and freedom to assemble, in particular.

[sabrina 1]

17. Stop bringing up that quaint old document. Bush told us how irrelevant it is now.

Why can't people just move forward and understand that those people didn't have phones and all the stuff we have now or they wouldn't have written that 4th Amendment, would they?

[darkangel218]

5. Hell yah!!! thats what i wanna hear!!!

[darkangel218]

6. I bet his gf/fiance will emigrate to whatever country he winds up residing in.

I'm so freaking happy!!

[Catherina]

9. I hope so.

I hope she's already waiting for him somewhere n/t

[Catherina]

7. My money's on Ecuador. Less US-backed trouble-makers and collaborators there

"Snowden examined by Ecuadorian embassy doctor at Moscow airport upon arrival – RT source"
http://rt.com/news/snowden-fly-moscow-aeroflot-125/

Also Venezuela has an extradition treaty with the US. I think it's going to be Ecuador where the President has a 90% Public Approval Rating and the US hasn't been able to get a strong opposition off the ground.

[carolinayellowdog]

12. I have been there and loved it, seems more secure than Venezuela or Cuba

but we keep seeing Caracas mentioned

[Catherina]

15. Notice the weasel wording though "Reports say..." lol

He'll be happy in either country but I think Ecuador is more stable. And think of the havoc he could wreak with Julian Assange, either from their or using secure communications to the Ecuadoran Embassy in the UK. Communications temporarily secure again because you know everyone changed their encryption methods after the leaks.

Lucky you for visiting and loving such a beautiful country.

My friend, I'm too giddy to really think straight right now Venezuela, Ecuador, either way, Godspeed Edward Snowden.

[sabrina 1]

19. I think you are probably correct. According to RT Wikileaks arranged for him to leave Hong Kong

and go to Ecuador. That is probably why he contacted the Wikileaks attorney. We'll see, but as you say, Ecuador seems like a better and more secure country for Whistle Blowers.

[Catherina]

21. Sabrina!

Such exciting times. So much happening. So many masks coming off and hypocrisy exposed. What's that I sniff? Oh yeah, the fresh smell of hope, real hope.

[sabrina 1]

23. Yes, from Turkey to Brazil, Europe, Egypt, and the US when we arrived late with OWS, the

crooked Wall St. criminals cannot seem to crush the people all over the world rising up against their greed. Not to mention Canada, and France and Spain. We are so insulated here we don't see what is happening around the world.

But they have had so much time to gain enormous power and it will take a Global Movement to end the policies that have destroyed nations, first in the Third World, now moving on to the First World, in Europe and here.

I'm afraid they will use all that power to try to crush the people as they have so much to lose. But you are right, these are historical and exciting times.

[carolinayellowdog]

28. Quito has magnificent mountain scenery, beautiful and well-preserved historic architecture

and a greater sense of remoteness from the US than in Mexico or the DR, which I also loved. And a perpetual spring climate that few places can offer. Wikipedia has some very nice pictures on its page on Quito.

[Catherina]

30. How lovely! I really want to see it

Here is where I am, La Antigua, also a city of perpetual spring but very tiny. It's where St Exupery started writing "Le Petit Prince" while he was recuperating from a plane crash.


Thank you for sharing that. I really want to see it.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. Ecuadorian embassy doctor?

Snowden examined by Ecuadorian embassy doctor at Moscow airport upon arrival – RT source


http://rt.com/news/snowden-fly-moscow-aeroflot-125/

[Catherina]

11. Russia knows nothing. Nothing!

Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said: "I don't (know if he's planning to stay in Moscow). I heard about the potential (arrival) from the press. I know nothing."

On whether Moscow would still consider a request for asylum from Snowden, Peskov added: "Every application is considered so it's standard procedure … We are not tracing his movements and I know nothing."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-arrives-moscow

[sabrina 1]

20. Lol 'we are not tracing the movements'!

[Catherina]

32. I'm just ROFL today

Edward Snowden story on way to the big screen
Film about NSA whistleblower already being planned, along with separate feature about Barack Obama's drones programme

Ben Child
guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 June 2013 16.46 BST

This is comedy gold lol! Casablanca redone for 2013

[truth2power]

13. I'm a senior citizen. I remember back when people defected from the USSR on a regular basis...

It's interesting that the US has become the country that people wish to defect (or escape) from.

That should tell us something about what this country has become.

[Thinkingabout]

18. I would bet he would not do the things in Russia that he has in the US. They have a fix for those

actions. He won't have the protection of the US Constitution.

[truth2power]

24. I think there's sufficient evidence that he doesn't have the protection

of the US Constitution now. Otherwise, why would he have to be seeking asylum from another country?

[Thinkingabout]

25. He is a criminal, now he is going to claim he needs asylum in another country, makes him a scumbag.

[truth2power]

27. Thank you for your OPINION. n/t

[malaise]

31. Didn't State cancel his passport earlier today? n/t

[truth2power]

33. I didn't hear that. haven't had the TV or radio on all day. n/t

[Harmony Blue]

26. It is ironic isn't it?

times change....

[treestar]

29. There is not going to be more than one person doing this

[DevonRex]

34. And I remember back during the Cold War, in the 80s, we were smart enough to

call a spy a spy. He just made another document drop and collected a nice sum of cash. A spy has to eat, ya know. This is a one-time deal for Eddie. He's all in for a big payoff from each of the countries who have the most to gain from his theft of classified material.

[truth2power]

36. Could you please provide a source for your claim

that he's making all sorts of money off this? Thanks in advance.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

14. I wonder if we have any assets

In country to have a rendition operation undertaken?

[Catherina]

16. Someone surrounded by journalists, gets into #Ecuador embassy car

RT ‏@RT_com now

Someone surrounded by journalists, gets into #Ecuador embassy car http://on.rt.com/jqm8cb #Snowden @IrinaGalushkoRT

[truth2power]

35. Isn't this great? A political dissident

having to escape from the good ol' US of A.

I am so proud of my country. Not.