Edward Snowden submits asylum applications

Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by teawithcarl on Monday July 01, 2013 @09:59PM (#5975267)

A large contingent of mainstream European nations included. Europe stepping forward to defend Snowden and stand against surveillance may tilt the balance. Europe is quite angry about being the "OK to do 100% surveillance on" foreigners.

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by sneak on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:04PM (#5975554)

Well, except the UK and Germany, who both secretly participated (and presumably benefitted in return). It's hard to find bigger influencers of the EU than those two. :/

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/nsa-spies-on-500...

Though, if it ends up being France, I will run out and buy a TV just to watch the stupidity that will come out of TV news afterward. :D

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by ekianjo on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @12:48AM (#5975894)

> Though, if it ends up being France, I will run out and buy a TV just to watch the stupidity that will come out of TV news afterward. :D

Time for the "Freedom Fries" to come back ? :)

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by hkmurakami on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:18PM (#5975602)

>Though, if it ends up being France, I will run out and buy a TV just to watch the stupidity that will come out of TV news afterward. :D

Such an event would mark one of the few times in recent memory of the benefit of having family members who watch TV (I, much like you, do not any more). It will be theater live none other.

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by teawithcarl on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:17PM (#5975596)

Germany's in the list, and a solid candidate due to their past WWII disdain for surveillance, as well as Germany's privacy concerns about the Internet.

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by spullara on Monday July 01, 2013 @11:34PM (#5975663)

You must have missed the law in Germany that went into effect.

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by teawithcarl on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @02:38AM (#5976206)

Perhaps so.

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by laureny on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @12:17AM (#5975803)

"Europe" can be as angry as it wants, at the end of the day, it's a singly country that will have to give asylum to Snowden, and I can't imagine a single country in all of Europe (including Russia) that would challenge the US in that way.

The only countries I can see willing to take that risk would be the likes of Iran, Afghanistan or other similar enemies of the US.

Not going to happen.

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Re:Edward Snowden submits asylum applications by danmaz74 on Tuesday July 02, 2013 @01:41AM (#5976047)

This is one of the big reasons why I really want the EU to become a federation: Each country alone, even Germany, is too little on the World stage. Divide et impera.

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