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The cancellation had no effect on the ability of Venezuela or Russia to permit him to travel.
by wbl 9y ago
The cancellation had no effect on the ability of Venezuela or Russia to permit him to travel.
- Bootvis 9y agoThe part where the plane was forced to land.
- wbl 9y agoHad Snowden been in Evo Morales plane nothing could have been done about it. That plane was extraterratorial.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoSentence four. Let me spell it out for you: Venezuela and Russia would happily have allowed Snowden to fly, but the US was ready and willing to force down and search any plane that was even suspected of carrying Snowden.
- raducu 9y agoSnowden is just a bargaining chip Russia prefers kept in its own pocket.
- PhasmaFelis 9y agoQuite possibly, but they never tried to prevent him from flying, so that's irrelevant here.