Re:Ecuador has received asylum request from NSA leaker Snowden
by grey-area on Sunday June 23, 2013 @02:59PM
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Osama Nasr was abducted by the US from Milan, Italy in 2003 without permission or cooperation from the Italian government and tortured in Egypt. Illegal abduction can happen anywhere. I agree publicity would make it harder, but the US has shown willingness to act extra-legally and ignore the fallout even from allies (Pakistan, Italy etc), so Snowden is probably not safe anywhere, just a bit safer for longer in a country which opposes the US. In his words:
You can't come forward against the world's most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk because they're such powerful adversaries. No one can meaningfully oppose them. If they want to get you, they'll get you in time.
Re:Ecuador has received asylum request from NSA leaker Snowden
by mike_esspe on Sunday June 23, 2013 @03:04PM
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http://www.richardsilverstein.com/2011/03/03/mossad-kidnaps-...
This happened just two years ago. Palestinian engineer, traveling in Ukraine, was captured by unknown people, and was found in Israel prison week later.
Re:Ecuador has received asylum request from NSA leaker Snowden
by threeseed on Sunday June 23, 2013 @03:27PM
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But it will go off the top news.
The US government has all the time in the world and in months/years from now when nobody remembers his name there will be an opportunity for a extradition to be done quietly.
The fact this is not going off the top news makes it much harder - in all aspects (the tactic operation is just one aspect to such act).