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Re:France summons U.S. ambassador over spying report by pgeorgi on Monday October 21, 2013 @10:19AM (#6585680)
With probably no place in Germany that's more than 250km away from an US/UK military base, and the "extraordinary rendition" program in mind, I'd also refuse asylum in Germany to someone who wants to flee the US.

Especially in a high profile case like Snowden's.

I guess a plane ticket to a non-NATO country through back channels might be better help for people seeking protection from the US than granting refugee status.

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Re:France summons U.S. ambassador over spying report by mercurial on Monday October 21, 2013 @10:39AM (#6585838)
> With probably no place in Germany that's more than 250km away from an US/UK military base, and the "extraordinary rendition" program in mind

To which several European governments, mostly the UK, but also Italy, happily cooperated. The other ones have been lucky enough not to be caught red-handed but I have little doubt that they knew perfectly what was going on (at best) or were actively providing support.

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Re:France summons U.S. ambassador over spying report by pgeorgi on Monday October 21, 2013 @10:49AM (#6585898)
It also happened on German soil (Ramstein Air Base is said to be involved) and to at least one German citizen (but not with Germany as a starting point: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_El-Masri) - even if the German government wasn't actively involved, at least it wasn't able or willing to prevent that from happening here.

Preventing the issue on formal grounds was probably the easiest way to avoid having to protect someone in Germany from the USA - which is obviously futile.

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