Edward Snowden: Former intelligence contractor applies for asylum in Brazil

[struggle4progress]

Posted June 02, 2014 17:34:25

... "I would love to live in Brazil," Snowden told Globo TV ...

Brazil's foreign ministry however said it had received no formal asylum request ...

In the interview, Snowden said he would not offer documents to any country in exchange for a safe haven, because asylum should be granted for humanitarian reasons.

He said he had more documents to release, relating to US spying on countries that include Britain and Brazil ...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-02/snowden-asylum-in-brazil/5494456

[struggle4progress]

1. Edward Snowden offers to help Brazil over US spying in return for asylum (December 2013)

Paul Owen, Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro and agencies
The Guardian, Tuesday 17 December 2013 13.40 EST

Edward Snowden has offered to help Brazil investigate US spying on its soil in exchange for political asylum, in an open letter from the NSA whistleblower to the Brazilian people published by the Folha de S Paulo newspaper.

"I've expressed my willingness to assist where it's appropriate and legal, but, unfortunately, the US government has been working hard to limit my ability to do so," Snowden said in the letter ...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/17/edward-snowden-brazil-spying-asylum

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2. Brazil denies Snowden applied for asylum

... Foreign Minister Luiz Alberto Figueiredo said .. "If the request arrives, it will be considered. It hasn't arrived" ...

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/24087619/brazil-denies-snowden-applied-for-asylum/

[BenzoDia]

3. Wait he has more documents? I thought he said he destroyed them all?

[msanthrope]

4. He said he "handed them off," right? nt

[BenzoDia]

9. I can't keep up with the flip flops lol

[Luminous Animal]

11. Nope. The reporter who interviewed Snowden says that the doc quote came from Greenwald not Snowden

Sonia Bridi
‏@SoniaBridi
Citing AFP as a source, this story http://on-msn.com/1tBjfM9 has 2 factual errors: Snowden did not say he has more doccuments. @ggreenwald did

https://twitter.com/SoniaBridi/status/473461590797590528

[Whisp]

5. ...''He said he had more documents to release'',....

With Brian Williams, just the other day, Snowden said he has got nothing to do with the files any more, he gave them away and they are now others responsibility and now he says this, that HE has more documents to release.

Unless he was quoted wrong, but doubt it, seeing as Big Fat Lies are a norm for that group of Libertarians.

[Egnever]

6. I think this might be a case of Snowden overstating his actions

From the second article you linked there is a link to an open letter to the people of Brazil. Maybe he thinks the open letter to the people counts as an application?

[Cha]

7. So wtf is going with the liar, hacker, leaker, runner, liar?

"Snowden's temporary asylum in Russia will expire in August and he cannot return to the US because his US passport has been revoked."

Can't return to USA because his passport's been revoked? Oh, is that the only reason?

[VanillaRhapsody]

8. except that he didn't

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/06/02/brazilian-foreign-minister-snowden-application-for-asylum-hasnt-arrived/

Whoops!

[Luminous Animal]

10. The woman who interviewed Snowden says the documents quote is a big fat lie...

https://twitter.com/SoniaBridi/status/473461590797590528


Sonia Bridi
‏@SoniaBridi
Citing AFP as a source, this story http://on-msn.com/1tBjfM9 has 2 factual errors: Snowden did not say he has more doccuments. @ggreenwald did

As for the asylum claim, RT provides much more info (sorry RT haters, couldn't find a better source).

My asylum here runs out in August. If Brazil were to offer me asylum, I would be more than happy to accept,” said Snowden, maintaining he had already filed an application for asylum last year. When told during the interview that the Brazilian government claims it never received an application for asylum, Snowden responded, “That’s news to me.”

“When I was in the [Moscow] airport, I sent applications to various countries. Brazil was one of them. It was an official application.”

http://rt.com/news/162976-edward-snowden-globo-interview/

The fantastico interview:

http://g1.globo.com/fantastico/noticia/2014/06/se-o-brasil-me-oferecer-asilo-aceito-diz-edward-snowden.html