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"No extradition treaty" doesn't necessarily guarantee "no extradition". The US has an enormous amount of power (both carrots and sticks) that could be used to c
by smt88 5y ago
"No extradition treaty" doesn't necessarily guarantee "no extradition". The US has an enormous amount of power (both carrots and sticks) that could be used to convince a country to extradite Snowden.
I suspect the only places Snowden can avoid US prosecution are Russia, China, and North Korea. Any country with a friendly and/or economic relationship with the US has the potential to extradite him (or just look the other way as the CIA assassinates him).
- awb 5y ago> I suspect the only places Snowden can avoid US prosecution are Russia, China, and North Korea Those countries could still exert pressure: work for us, give us secrets, etc. or we’ll send you back. He presumably could also be used as a bargaining chip in some other spy/business negotiations.
- t-3 5y agoIt's doubtful. Snowden's propaganda value is much higher while he's a political refugee and authentic anti-US influencer than a puppet. Coercion would be counter their interests.
- dane-pgp 5y ago> "No extradition treaty" doesn't necessarily guarantee "no extradition". I must admit that's true. Case in point: > Although Indonesia has no formal extradition treaty with the United States, the Indonesian National Police-Bali worked with the FBI to take Pearlman into custody, and the country expelled him as "an undesirable visitor," the FBI said.[0] So he would have to secure his permanent residency in advance, and hope that no US administration would waste any carrots or sticks on capturing someone who would be viewed by many as a political prisoner. [0] https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2007/06/15/pearlman-arrested-in-indonesia/ https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2007/06/15/pearlman-arreste...