Snowden thread

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Thought we might as well have one overall thread.

Putin has said Snowden can leave the airport and stay in Russia if he doesn't leak more material that will damage "Our American partner".
FBI and FSB official are, apparently, working out some deal.

Putin is so full of sh**t.......meanwhile I'm sure they're diligently trying to get all of the info they can.

He's applied for asylum in Russia

I'm betting once they have all they need, they'll put him on a plane back to the U.S.  He means nothing to them.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

I hope Snowden is not as stupid as Putin thinks he is. He needs to hop onto the first flight out of Russia before it is too late. Putin is the winner here three times over: He can get all of Snowden's info, he can embarrass Obama, and he can than make nice by shipping Snowden back.

If he's shipped back it's only because Putin got all he wanted to get from Snowman.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

This little punk is starting to piss me off......just STFU and don't let WhackyLeaks speak for you every second.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Now that Venezuela and Bolivia are open to granting him asylum he better jump on an Aeroflot flight before Putin sends him back here.

There is no way we are going to interdict a Russian passenger plane.......too risky to raise the tension level that high.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The question now is: How does he get from Russia to Venezuela with a revoked US passport and without being intercepted by US fighter jets when passing near the US border ?

The US is NOT going to interdict a Russian airliner.....period.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The question now is: How does he get from Russia to Venezuela with a revoked US passport and without being intercepted by US fighter jets when passing near the US border ?

The US is NOT going to interdict a Russian airliner.....period.

And if another nation sends a plane to escort him to Venezuela ?

Venezuela or another nation may give him a travel document but he's got to fly Aeroflot if he wants to make it to Venezuela without going directly to jail.  Do you think he's crazy enough to take a flight other than on a Russian plane?

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The question now is: How does he get from Russia to Venezuela with a revoked US passport and without being intercepted by US fighter jets when passing near the US border ?

The US is NOT going to interdict a Russian airliner.....period.

And if another nation sends a plane to escort him to Venezuela ?

Venezuela or another nation may give him a travel document but he's got to fly Aeroflot if he wants to make it to Venezuela without going directly to jail.  Do you think he's crazy enough to take a flight other than on a Russian plane?

I think the best way for him would either be the Russian plane or the Venezuela-sent plane with the President Maduro on it. Do you think the US or another country would then risk grounding the plane or interdict it and force a search on the plane or a forceful removal of Snowden from the plane ?

I think if Hugo Chavez were still amongst us and healthy, he would have personally went to Moscow, asked the Venezuelan embassy there to escort Snowden to his gate with a car and fly him to Venezuela, just to show the middle-finger to the US.

They would never inderdict a plane with Maduro on it.....the pissant from Bolivia was bad enough, but not Maduro's plane.  They won't f[inks] with a Russian jet either....too risky.  Your alternate route summary is plausable.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

The US is NOT going to interdict a Russian airliner.....period.

It wouldn't be US responsibility; it would be that of any NATO country he passes over and they interdict Russian military aircraft all the time. OK, those ones are just doing it for the LOLs, but still.

A passenger jet is off limits, my friend and NATO is not messing with one.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Well, he's applied for temporary asylum in Russia.......I'm sure they'll grant it.