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Hasan Suroor
LONDON, June 29, 2013
Julian Assange is reported to have apologised to the Ecuadorean government saying that his intervention in the Snowden extradition/asylum row was not meant to show any lack of respect or concern for Ecuador or its government ...
There is a fog of war due to the rapid nature of events. If similar events arise you can be assured that they do not originate in any lack of respect or concern for Ecuador or its government, the note said according to The Guardian.
It follows reports that senior figures in Ecuador were annoyed with WikiLeaks chief after he claimed that the Ecuador embassy in London had issued a safe passage pass to whistleblower Edward Snowden to travel to Ecuador.
Ecuadors President Rafael Correa declared that the document was unauthorised ...
http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/assange-apology-over-snowden-asylum-row/article4864082.ece?homepage=true
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)By Yukio Strachan
Jun 29, 2013 - 25 mins ago in Entertainment
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will appear on ABC News' "This Week," Sunday for an exclusive interview, the network said Friday ...
ABC News gave this preview: "How have Assange and WikiLeaks aided Snowden as he seeks safe passage from Russia? Should Snowden and WikiLeaks' partners be considered whistle-blowers or lawbreakers? And what is the future of WikiLeaks as its controversial efforts remain under scrutiny around the world?"
The Huffington Post reported ... that Snowden's father Lonnie recently told NBC News that he is worried that people, including those from WikiLeaks, could be manipulating his son. I think WikiLeaks, if youve looked at past history, you know, their focus isnt necessarily the constitution of the United States," he said ...
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353399
randome
(34,845 posts)Here is the actual text.
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struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)By Angelo Young
on June 29 2013 5:01 PM
Calling U.S. Congress members brats for their blustering to harm Ecuador-U.S. trade relations should the country grant National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden political asylum, Ecuadors President Rafael Correa characterized a phone conversation with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday as cordial and courteous ...
On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said that if Ecuador granted asylum to Snowden, then he would lead efforts to prevent the renewals of Ecuadors duty-free access to U.S. markets under the Generalized System of Preferences program and of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act: Both would expire by the end of next month unless renewed, as Reuters said. Ecuador responded by unilaterally renouncing the trade benefits, saying it would not be blackmailed by political posturing ...
Meanwhile, Ecuador withdraw on Friday Snowdens temporary travel documents that would have allowed him to leave Moscows Domodedovo International Airport, where the leaker of U.S. electronic-surveillance documents is believed to be staying in a political no mans land reserved for in-transit travelers who do not have permission to enter Russian territory.
According to official Ecuadorean correspondence acquired by the Spanish-language network Univision, the reason for the withdrawal of the paperwork is that Quito is concerned that Assange is overstepping his bounds with regard to facilitating Snowdens passage to refuge. Ecuadors ambassador to the U.S., Nathalie Cely, told the presidents office that, to the international community, Assange appears to be running the show, according to the Guardian.
http://www.ibtimes.com/us-vp-biden-had-cordial-talk-ecuador-president-correa-ecuador-cooling-idea-granting-accused-spy
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)... Univision has published a copy of the transit document allegedly given to Snowden by the Ecuadorean consulate in London. This document is needed to cross the borders of other states on the way to Ecuador to obtain political asylum ...
Earlier on Saturday, Correa said that he has spoken with US Vice President Joe Biden about Edward Snowden, and that the American official asked Ecuador to reject the fugitive intelligence leakers asylum request.
Correa added that the conversation took place on Friday and Biden passed on a polite request from the United States to reject the request ...
What the United States needs to do, Correa said, is explain those once secret programs rather than focus on catching Snowden and tear apart a president, government or country that dares to say it will process an asylum request if it receives one.
http://inserbia.info/news/2013/06/united-states-should-explain-revealed-secret-programs-ecuador-president-correa/
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Correa also recalled in his Saturday address that the United States has long denied Ecuador's request for the extradition of brothers Roberto and William Isaias, former owners of a bank that was at the center of a 1990s financial meltdown that cost Ecuadorian taxpayers more than $8 billion ...
http://www.laprensasa.com/309_america-in-english/2114361_ecuadorian-president-says-he-spoke-with-biden-about-snowden.html
flamingdem
(39,336 posts)Wonder if Biden made any offers, it was implicit perhaps in the fact that he called him at all.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)flamingdem
(39,336 posts)and Assange singing over Skype?
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)Cha
(298,021 posts)The Ecuadorian government said Thursday that it was voluntarily relinquishing U.S. trade preferences after Washington lawmakers called for the benefits to be revoked if Quito grants asylum to Snowden.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)And just maybe Julian Assange helped put him there? Am I interpreting this right?
Events are overtaking the situation and Snowden's options seem to be non-existent. I bet he now hopes for continued Russian tolerance, which seems to be all that remains of his hope.
I would bet that Putin is not going to allow the situation to go very far before he does something, either for or against. There's not much of a neutral stance left to any of the players and nobody seems willing to commit.
Regardless of how one thinks of Snowden, he should be correctly very worried right now.
This thing is unravelling faster than a Walmart sweater.
struggle4progress
(118,379 posts)As whistle-blower waits in limbo, Ecuadorean frustration at the 'grandstanding' of ally Julian Assange has put in doubt his quest for asylum
Sunday, 30 June, 2013 <UPDATED: 5:29AM>
The plan to spirit whistle-blower Edward Snowden to sanctuary in Latin America appears to be falling apart amid tension between Ecuador's government and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
President Rafael Correa halted a bid to help Snowden leave Russia amid concerns Assange was usurping the role of the Ecuadorean government, according to leaked diplomatic correspondence.
He declared invalid a temporary travel document which could have helped extract Snowden from his reported location in Moscow.
Correa declared that the safe conduct pass issued by Ecuador's London consul - in collaboration with Assange - was unauthorised. Other Ecuadorean diplomats privately said the WikiLeaks founder could be perceived as "running the show" ...
http://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1272029/edward-snowdens-plan-seek-sanctuary-ecuador-falling-apart