Snowden 'whisked away from airport tarmac', passengers on Moscow flight say

[FarCenter]

South China Morning Post headlines


Hong Kong has 'no legal basis' to keep Snowden, may be bound for Caracas via Moscow, Cuba
US whistle-blower Edward Snowden has left Hong Kong on a commercial flight to Russia. He left "on his own will" and did not have any help or protection from Hong Kong authorities, a government source told the South China Morning Post.

The flight believed to be carrying Snowden has landed in Moscow. He will fly to Havana on Monday, then to Caracas, said Russian media.

Snowden 'whisked away from airport tarmac', passengers on Moscow flight say

Hong Kong shocked and relieved at Snowden's departure to 'third country'

EXCLUSIVE: Human rights lawyers in Hong Kong reveal they worked closely with Snowden

http://www.scmp.com/

[pscot]

1. So much for extradition

Snowden seems to have a firm grasp of multi-dimensional chess

[flamingdem]

3. He's relying on Wikileaks helpers for his every move

so it seems. Someone is probably arranging to dump him over in Equador where he'll become irrelevant.

[leftstreet]

4. What does that say about justice in the US?

This sounds more like the plight of a citizen fleeing a dictatorship

[flamingdem]

5. Not really since he gave secret intelligence to the Chinese

that was damaging to the USA.

The dictatorship was the one he helped - China

[pscot]

16. How do you know that?

Post a link, if you have one..

[NutmegYankee]

6. No different than a fugitive fleeing the law.

[leftstreet]

10. How often do people help 'fugitives' flee the law?

It's quite rare

Again, this says something about the justice system in the US

[NutmegYankee]

12. Your statement didn't eliminate the possibility.

History is full of cases of people helping fugitives flee. It says nothing about our justice system.

[Harmony Blue]

7. For a high school dropout

he has outsmarted the administration thus far.

[backscatter712]

11. Education's not everything.

Snowden's obviously incredibly smart.

OTOH, look at George W. Bush. He's got degrees from Harvard and Yale, and look where they got him...

[Harmony Blue]

13. This is true

lots of intelligent people in the trades too.

[MjolnirTime]

2. Goodbye, Hero. Hello, Traitor Joe.

[Harmony Blue]

8. Snowden is a hero

can't change that truth.

[LancetChick]

15. Yes, he is.

He threw away his life to shine light on the cancerous growth of the NSA. Without compromising national security. The most destructive thing in government is the proverbial "smoke-filled room", where decisions are made among cronies who benefit in some way from their choices, whether it's money or power, and no one has the ability or freedom to check those abuses. Power is what must constantly be monitored, not people under no suspicion.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

9. Clearly not

But he will now have competition with Vlad Putin for DU hero worship status.

[Harmony Blue]

14. You must be a Kraft family member

I send my condolences.

[Floyd_Gondolli]

17. I don't have sympathy for billionaire oligarchs

But hey if you want to roll that way have at it.

[pscot]

18. That is complete horseshit.

Show us a link to a Putin appreciation thread on DU. You think you can come in here and just make shit up?