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The short of the news coming out over the last few days is that things are starting to look grim for Mr. Snowden. Ecuador has bowed to U.S. pressure and no lon
by skwirl 13y ago
The short of the news coming out over the last few days is that things are starting to look grim for Mr. Snowden. Ecuador has bowed to U.S. pressure and no longer looks interested in hosting Snowden. Wikileaks admits he is "marooned" in Russia and they don't seem to have any more tricks up their sleeves to get him out. Now Putin seems to be threatening Snowden not to leak anything else or be unwelcome in Russia, while it seems like Snowden has already set the leaks in motion and may not be able to stop them. The Russian official who spoke to the New York Times about Snowden's asylum applications called them a "desperate measure."
I think it is quite probable that Mr. Snowden will be coming home soon.
- dotcoma 13y agoAnd not to a hero's welcome, unfortunately for him and for the US.
- mc32 13y agoIt's not clear that Ecuador bowed to political/economic pressures as much as Mr Assange upset Ecuador by appearing to be the orchestrator (showboating)[1], [2]. [1]http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/06/ecuador-snowden-asylum-julian-assange/66704/ http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/06/ecuador-snow... [2]http://www.elcomercio.com/politica/RafaelCorrea-Assange-Snowden-Patino-EE-UU_0_947905395.html http://www.elcomercio.com/politica/RafaelCorrea-Assange-Snow... Use google translate.