Congressional hawks are up in arms about the news that whistleblower Edward Snowden left on a flight for Ecuador, when Sen. Chuck Schumer (D – NY) saying that it was even more “infuriating” to him that Snowden was being allowed to stop in Russia as part of the flight.
Schumer went on to liken Snowden’s escape from potential US capture to Russia’s opposition to attacking Syria or Iran, and speculated that China might have played a role too.
Others in Congress were quick to rail at Snowden and everyone else involved, with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D – CA) saying that Snowden’s travel proved that he wasn’t a real whistleblower. Rep. Mike Rogers (R – MI) demanded that Snowden immediately turn himself in to “face the consequences of his actions.” Other officials express “disappointment” in Hong Kong for not unconditionally turning Snowden over to face politically-motivated charges.
Feinstein went on to say that it was vital for the US to capture Snowden, insisting that for all she knows, he might have other secrets that he could tell the American public about and that those secrets could “put people in jeopardy.”
Russia has declined comment on the matter so far, and since it seems to just be an overnight stop-over en route to Ecuador, their role seems limited at any rate. The US revoked Snowden’s passport on Saturday, but Hong Kong says that was no reason under Hong Kong law to stop him from leaving.
When you start telling the truth you become anything and everything but the truth teller.
An embarrassing bunch of fools. What is infuriating is that the US taxpayer pays the salaries of these shmucks.
and will for life.
This is all very weird. Since when can you get on a plane without a passport? Since when did China- China! let anyone "out" who they could squeeze advantage from? How did a guy who knows everything about the inside of the NSA not wind up in the modern equivalent of the Lubyanka, speaking into a lamp for a couple of years or so?
You don't get whisked out of HK and through Russia- Russia! as a wanted man without help from the very, very highest levels. Putin himself must have signed off on this.
The only scenario I can figure is that both the Chinese and the Russians figured that what he knew wasn't worth much – or more likely, what he knows they already know. And arranging for him to escape- make no mistake, someone arranged all this- is their way of raising a big middle finger to the U.S. and telling them to sit on this and rotate.
I'm not entirely ssure where E.S. would be most save.
From Iceland we know that Bobby Fischer was killed about four years after he escaped from Japan to Iceland. Are the governments in Ecuador and Venezuela stable enough to protect him? He would have to live there with a new ID. Because I think there would be lots of corrupt politicians and man hunters for money to kill him for greenbacks. Maybe he should accept the offer of Russia? Russia is a a large and can be definition not be trustful to the US. Russia just has too many resources for some people in the West who would love to get the political and economic situation of the Jeltsin years back and make Russian people to slaves like in the gold rich Mail. Maybe Russia would be best?
Feinstein is the one who has put Americans in jeopardy. She should be dropped from her Committee chair and nudged out of the Senate, not only for her draconian policy positions, and failure to exercise oversight, but also how her husband has profited from her access. These a slimy pair.
Feinstein and Rogers should be jailed for their stupidity in supporting the training of al-Queda rebels to use shoulder fired missiles to down airplanes in Syria.
Thumbs up for Russia and thumbs down for Feinstein, Schumer, King, Pelosi and the rest of these hypocritical sheep in wolves clothing. I for one am elated that the US has been exposed for what it really is, a massive police state.
Almost no one listens to what these gringos have to say after the invasion of Iraq/ Abu Garib on the side of the zionist and it goes on and on now a police state better RED than american.
CONGRESS—GO STRAIGHT TO MF HELL…
thank you ecuador
THANK YOU MR. PUTIN—
It's really hard to play "World Leader" when you find you have no friends nor moral standing.
A "just" outcome would be to have all these Imperialists removed from office, legally, of course.
They never have to break the law – they make the law – or rather they buy the law.
In our time "legal" has a whole new meaning.
How' is Snowden supposed to get a fair trial in America now that everybody south of the President has put it out he' not only a traitor, he's a traitor in flight?
Let's not forget the 'commies',, of whatever variety, are the real 'bogeymen' of those who have brought the US two pretty impressive invasions and 11 years of the most expensive warfare in world history. Never mind the fact that the jihadis want to 'kill them' or convert them for some 'virgin-sharing', those commies have always wanted to take their stuff and give it away to the street people or welfare moms.
You don't have to be born with a silver thumb up your bum to realise that no nation can rise to greatness without an elite and those who 'know'.
They'll be doing a Vulcan mind-meld on our traitor. We would.
Anything that infuriates Chuck Schumer can't be all bad.
Oddly, Cuba might be the weak link that the US can exploit to capture Snowden. The regime down there just recently sent back a family that had sought asylum there after rescuing their children from government kidnappers in the US.
The USA can break laws, bend the rules, but no one else is allowed to do the same without being called dreadful things by stuffy egomaniacs in 3 piece suits, and festooned Uniforms. USA, it's time that someone stood up to your dastardly deeds around the globe.
This frothing at the mouth of the corporate puppets in Washington is as out-dated as the colonial helmuts of the "British in India."
"Do come by for a game of lawn tennis and then we'll go out and hunt down some of the natives.
The only language they understand is force."
Just wait, soon they will be hunting in Oklahoma, – to follow live and in color on TV
Of course, the "commies" are helping a "traitor" to escape justice. But, also, of course, if we spirited out a Chinese or Russian dissident, we would be "helping them find freedom". This reads like an old B movie, maybe something with James Cagney or William Bendix; maybe something titled, "Blow it out your -_ss, Yankee Doodle Dandy".
Seriously, as each new fantastical installment of this horsesh*t story is delivered to us, you'd think that some people would start to think:
Hey, y'know, this all smells kind of like horsesh*t, huh?
Snowden's flying around the world, in and out of countries at will, no one seems to know where he is, etc etc.
Yup, that all makes complete sense!!
Just like his background, how he "stole" the "secrets", how much access he had, blah blah blah…
Nope, not a thing to be suspicious about here!
I trust the MSM!!
I can't wait until Snowden parachutes out of a passenger plane never to be seen again!!!!
Too kewel!
the Duma must be quaking in their mukuks
John Kerry is promising retaliations.
Ilyas Akhmadov, the Chechen who was on the Russia "wanted list", got political asylum in the US.
He also received a grant from the National Endowment for Democracy
Russia was opposed to the US granting him asylum.
At that time, the Russian online newspaper Pravda. asked, "How would Americans feel if Russia offered sanctuary to Osama bin Laden?”
But now, when the chickens come home to roost, Secretary of State John Kerry says there will be consequences for countries helping former U.S. intelligence analyst Edward Snowden avoid arrest for disclosing secret details of the U.S. government's surveillance of telephone and Internet activities. http://www.voanews.com/content/kerry-says-there-a…
All these childish acts, the acts of anger by senators and others is not about Mr. Snowden, is about USA once again being laughing at a big bully losing its legitimacy being a bully. Such regimes would not understand the truth, they rather understand their laughable acts as a truth then being truthful to the people.
The big criminals who have trampled the constitution are upset because Snowden is exposing their dirty laundry and lies. They are no better than mobsters.
Hm. I don't think these CongressCritters were this upset when 9/11 was done to us. Hmm.
"Feinstein went on to say that it was vital for the US to capture Snowden, insisting that for all she knows, he might have other secrets that he could tell the American public about and that those secrets could “put people in jeopardy.”"
People like who? People like Diane Feinstein. LMAO.
Snowden is a hero of the world.
The federal burro of investigation (fbi) is the Jackass of the nation and, while flashing its letters across the TV screens, actuality the burro serves the interest of its own global crime syndicate.
http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/155/0…
http://rlv.zcache.com/wild_burro_sticker-p2171166…
http://www.newciv.org/pic/nl/artpic/194/000194-00…
The AGE OF MADNESS: killing, torturing, imprisoning millions of human beings globally.
http://vancouver.mediacoop.ca/story/age-madness-c…
http://www.sosbeevfbi.com/911caneasilyrevi.html
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2013/04/422833.s…
http://www.sosbeevfbi.com/part4-worldinabo.html