Edward Snowden

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by Two Moons on 27 June 2013 - 15:06

That's really old BabyEagle.
Distraction?
Take your pick, from everything that's NOT in the news.

by GSD Lineage on 27 June 2013 - 15:06

Obama Says. " I won't Scamble any jets to get some 29 year old Hacker."

by Two Moons on 27 June 2013 - 15:06

He was only a hacker in the sense that he worked for the hackers.....LOL

Nobody wants to do Obama any favors anyway.

Scramble jets, that's very funny.

by BabyEagle4U on 27 June 2013 - 20:06

Sen. Robert Menendez - Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee - 6/26/13

"Edward Snowden is a fugitive who has endangered the national security of the United States,” said Menendez. “His actions merit prosecution, not praise.* Snowden has overstayed his welcome at the Moscow airport. I call on the Russian government, in the interest of justice, as well as U.S.-Russian relations, to release him into the custody of the* U.S. Government today.”

Menendez added, "Our government will not reward countries for bad behavior. If Snowden is granted asylum in Ecuador, I will lead the effort to prevent the renewal of Ecuador's duty-free access under GSP and will also make sure there is no chance for renewal of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act.* Trade preferences are a privilege granted to nations, not a right. I urge President Correa to do the right thing by the United States and Ecuador, and deny Snowden's request for asylum."

Ecuadorian spokesman Fernando Alvarado - 6/27/13

"Ecuador will not accept pressures or threats from anyone, and it does not traffic in its values or allow them to be subjugated to mercantile interests," government spokesman Fernando Alvarado said at a news conference.

In a cheeky jab at the U.S. spying program that Snowden unveiled through leaks to the media, the South American nation offered $23 million per year to finance human rights training.

The funding would be destined to help "avoid violations of privacy, torture and other actions that are denigrating to humanity," Alvarado said. He said the amount was the equivalent of what Ecuador gained each year from the trade benefits.

"Ecuador gives up, unilaterally and irrevocably, the said customs benefits," he said.

by BabyEagle4U on 29 June 2013 - 12:06