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With Julian Assange Taking the Spotlight, Edward Snowden's Future Looks Grim
With Julian Assange Taking the Spotlight, Edward Snowden's Future Looks Grim
The WikiLeaks leader is riding the NSA story back to relevance, at a cost to Snowden.
By Matt Berman
In a rare interview on Sunday's This Week, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange didn't say where NSA leaker Edward Snowden is, and didn't say where he was immediately going. But he did say one thing quite clearly: He, Julian Assange, is a lot like Edward Snowden.
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But there are serious problems with the Julian Assange Takeover, and they are quickly boiling up. Last week, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa slowed down Snowden's asylum process because he was worried that the WikiLeaks leader was taking over the role of his country's government. The Guardian reported that Correa killed a temporary travel document that would have helped get Snowden out of the Moscow airport where he has reportedly been staying for the last week. In leaked communications, Ecuador officials seemed bitter by how much attention Assange was taking, with a Ecuador's U.S. ambassador telling a presidential spokesman "I suggest talking to Assange to better control the communications. From outside, [Assange] appears to be running the show."
Assange, for his part, criticized interference from the U.S. in Snowden's asylum search on Sunday, saying that "Joseph Biden, the day before yesterday, personally called President Correa trying to pressure him. That's not acceptable."
The increasingly cold-feet are coming from a nation that knows Assange well: Assange has been camped out in Ecuador's embassy in London for over a year as a means of avoiding extradition. Just two weeks ago, Ecuador's foreign minister even paid Assange a visit.
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http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/with-julian-assange-taking-the-spotlight-edward-snowden-s-future-looks-grim-20130630?mrefid=mostViewed
The WikiLeaks leader is riding the NSA story back to relevance, at a cost to Snowden.
By Matt Berman
In a rare interview on Sunday's This Week, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange didn't say where NSA leaker Edward Snowden is, and didn't say where he was immediately going. But he did say one thing quite clearly: He, Julian Assange, is a lot like Edward Snowden.
<...>
But there are serious problems with the Julian Assange Takeover, and they are quickly boiling up. Last week, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa slowed down Snowden's asylum process because he was worried that the WikiLeaks leader was taking over the role of his country's government. The Guardian reported that Correa killed a temporary travel document that would have helped get Snowden out of the Moscow airport where he has reportedly been staying for the last week. In leaked communications, Ecuador officials seemed bitter by how much attention Assange was taking, with a Ecuador's U.S. ambassador telling a presidential spokesman "I suggest talking to Assange to better control the communications. From outside, [Assange] appears to be running the show."
Assange, for his part, criticized interference from the U.S. in Snowden's asylum search on Sunday, saying that "Joseph Biden, the day before yesterday, personally called President Correa trying to pressure him. That's not acceptable."
The increasingly cold-feet are coming from a nation that knows Assange well: Assange has been camped out in Ecuador's embassy in London for over a year as a means of avoiding extradition. Just two weeks ago, Ecuador's foreign minister even paid Assange a visit.
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http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/with-julian-assange-taking-the-spotlight-edward-snowden-s-future-looks-grim-20130630?mrefid=mostViewed
Julian Assange Blasts State Department Over Edward Snowden Treatment
Julian Assange blasted the U.S.' treatment of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Sunday, speaking from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week."
"The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment marooned in Russia. Is that really a great outcome by the State Department? Is that really what it wanted to do?" Assange asked.
"To take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation like that is a disgrace," he said. "He is a hero. He has told the people of the world and the United States that there is mass unlawful interception of their communications, far beyond anything that happened under Nixon."
In hiding at the Moscow airport, Snowden has gambled that WikiLeaks will be able to help him receive asylum somewhere -- possibly in Ecuador -- and avoid his indictment in the U.S. for violating the Espionage Act. But Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said he would not reveal any details about Snowden's future plans.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/30/julian-assange-edward-snowden_n_3525280.html
Julian Assange blasted the U.S.' treatment of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden on Sunday, speaking from the Ecuadorean Embassy in London with George Stephanopoulos on ABC's "This Week."
"The United States, by canceling his passport, has left him for the moment marooned in Russia. Is that really a great outcome by the State Department? Is that really what it wanted to do?" Assange asked.
"To take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation like that is a disgrace," he said. "He is a hero. He has told the people of the world and the United States that there is mass unlawful interception of their communications, far beyond anything that happened under Nixon."
In hiding at the Moscow airport, Snowden has gambled that WikiLeaks will be able to help him receive asylum somewhere -- possibly in Ecuador -- and avoid his indictment in the U.S. for violating the Espionage Act. But Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, said he would not reveal any details about Snowden's future plans.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/30/julian-assange-edward-snowden_n_3525280.html
He should worry about his own future.
Ecuador cools on Edward Snowden asylum as Assange frustration grows
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023119831
Ecuadoran President Correa Gives VP Biden An Earful
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023130093
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...so, I'll self-delete. 
being disingenuous, huh: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3122617
Do you stand by this post, Prosense?
Bush is spying on Americans: opponents and activist groups. The law can't be changed to make that legal.
ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-15-06 08:53 AM
Original message
Edited on Wed Feb-15-06 08:53 AM by ProSense
Bush is spying on Americans: opponents and activist groups. The law can't
be changed to make that legal. The Republicans are trying to pull a fast one with this "law change" tactic by framing the illegal spying as warrantless spying on terrorists; therefore, the law is being changed to give Bush the authority to spy on terrorist. Spying on Americans was, is and will still be illegal. Bush committed crimeS by illegal spying on Americans and breaking existing FISA laws.
I'm sure all criminals would love to have a law passed that retroactively absolves them of their crimes.
Bush is spying on Americans: opponents and activist groups. The law can't be changed to make that legal.
ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-15-06 08:53 AM
Original message
Edited on Wed Feb-15-06 08:53 AM by ProSense
Bush is spying on Americans: opponents and activist groups. The law can't
be changed to make that legal. The Republicans are trying to pull a fast one with this "law change" tactic by framing the illegal spying as warrantless spying on terrorists; therefore, the law is being changed to give Bush the authority to spy on terrorist. Spying on Americans was, is and will still be illegal. Bush committed crimeS by illegal spying on Americans and breaking existing FISA laws.
I'm sure all criminals would love to have a law passed that retroactively absolves them of their crimes.
Yup, stand 100 percent behind it.
Ever heard of the PAA: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023026724
By all means, go on pretending you never received a response.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3122942
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3133739
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3125366
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3122700
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3122561
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3133739
You know I'm going to post this everytime you post your failed gotcha, don't you?
The Ecuadorean government merely said it was not a valid document. But its apparently reported provenance leaves me to think that it may have been an actual document that hadn't cleared with said government.
I also suspect that Assange is out of his element here. He wouldn't know a valid one from a hole in his head.
I know. I know. I am being a pedant.
** It really does seem that the phone call to Ecuador's president caused a change of heart 
“If he really could have broken North American laws, I am very respectful of other countries and their laws and I believe that someone who breaks the law must assume his responsibilities,” Correa said, according to the AP.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/julian-assange-edward-snowden-is-marooned-in-russia/2013/06/30/67ed243e-e191-11e2-9960-65d66450db63_story.html
Stop with all the distractions! 
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The head of the Ecuadorian consul in London's longest term guest is talking to you!
