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This link was amusing, too: Hello, NSA-IainB (July 07, 2013, 10:35 PM)
Kinda looks a little like a hard-body version of a young Jewell Staite doesn't she?-40hz (July 07, 2013, 07:35 PM)
MOSCOW (AP) -- An influential Russian parliament member who often speaks for the Kremlin encouraged NSA leaker Edward Snowden on Sunday to accept Venezuela's offer of asylum.
Alexei Pushkov, who heads the international affairs committee in Russia's parliament, posted a message on Twitter saying: "Venezuela is waiting for an answer from Snowden. This, perhaps, is his last chance to receive political asylum."
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said Saturday his country hasn't yet been in contact with Snowden, who Russian officials say has been stuck in the transit area of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport since arriving on a flight from Hong Kong two weeks ago. He has been unable to travel further because the U.S. annulled his passport.
Jaua said he expects to consult with Russian officials on Monday about Snowden's situation.
Pushkov's comments appeared to indicate that the Kremlin is now anxious to be rid of the former National Security Agency systems analyst, whom the U.S. wants returned to face espionage charges.
There has been no response from the Kremlin or Russian Foreign Ministry to the asylum offer made by Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro in the early hours of Saturday, Moscow time.
For Snowden to leave for South America, he would need for Venezuela to issue him travel documents and he would need to find a way to get there. The only direct commercial flight from Moscow goes to Havana, Cuba, and Snowden had booked a seat on this flight the day after arriving from Hong Kong, but failed to show up.
The Moscow-Havana flight goes over Europe and the U.S., which could cause complications. Some European countries refused to allow Bolivian President Evo Morales to fly through their airspace on his way home from Moscow last week because of suspicions that Snowden was onboard his plane.
Pushkov joked that if Snowden doesn't find shelter in Venezuela, "he will have to stay and marry Anna Chapman," the redheaded Russian spy who was among 10 sleeper agents deported from the U.S. in 2010. The 31-year-old Chapman proposed to Snowden, who just turned 30, on Twitter last week.
The presidents of Bolivia and Nicaragua also said over the weekend that Snowden was welcome in their countries. Bolivia's foreign minister, David Choquehuanca, said Sunday on state television that his country hasn't yet received a formal petition for asylum from Snowden. Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said his country's embassy in Moscow has received Snowden's application and is studying the request.
Snowden has applied for asylum in more than two dozen countries, including Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela, according to WikiLeaks, the secret-spilling website that has been advising him.
U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said he wasn't surprised that those three Latin American nations were offering asylum.
"They like sticking it to the United States," Menendez told NBC's "Meet the Press."
He also mentioned re-examining U.S. trade policies and foreign aid to any country that might take in Snowden.
Brazil's foreign minister said his government is worried by a newspaper report the U.S. has collected data on billions of telephone and email conversations in his country and promised an effort for international protection of Internet privacy.
"The Brazilian government has asked for clarifications" through the U.S. Embassy in Brazil and Brazil's embassy in Washington, Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota said.
The spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Brazil's capital, Dean Chaves, said diplomats there wouldn't have any comment.
There just ain't no honest sailors aboard for this voyage, bro.-40hz (July 07, 2013, 12:05 PM)
Instead it looks like we're tip-toeing all around this.-TaoPhoenix (July 06, 2013, 06:08 PM)
This.-40hz (July 07, 2013, 06:31 AM)
Despite all the international "outrage," it seems the game plan that gets everyone off the hook is to make it impossible for him to be granted asylum anywhere.-40hz (July 06, 2013, 12:13 PM)
People!
please take gun conversations to a relevant thread,
thanks!-tomos (July 06, 2013, 03:17 PM)
Why don't they follow the plot of a third rate tv movie and give a hundred grand to a sniper team and pick him off?-TaoPhoenix (July 06, 2013, 11:03 AM)
Even though the giant was exceptionally polite-dr_andus (July 06, 2013, 10:10 AM)
It seems like Venezuela is offering him asylum, probably just to irritate the us of a-Ath (July 06, 2013, 09:06 AM)
And good luck.-IainB (July 06, 2013, 03:20 AM)
Thx, I expect I'll need it. But I also expect to work for it.-40hz (July 06, 2013, 06:22 AM)
^ In my world, you are only as defeated as you are willing to allow yourself to be. I'm not the type who believes I can't ever be beaten. But I am absolutely certain I will never be defeated, beaten or not. So again: Non serviam to any who expect me to just lie down.
-40hz (July 05, 2013, 08:18 PM)
Other proofreaders always welcome... just let us know-Perry Mowbray (July 05, 2013, 10:34 AM)
Everyone has edit rights...-Perry Mowbray (July 05, 2013, 07:36 AM)
It depends on the settings on the document. When being added, you have to be given the ability to comment. It works very well, and versions.-wraith808 (July 05, 2013, 07:32 AM)
Actually the settings are to allow:
- Editing
- Comments
- Viewing
Everyone has edit rights...-Perry Mowbray (July 05, 2013, 07:36 AM)
Well, at the moment I'd have to say it's a flop since other than reading I'm unable to do anything else.
I'm wondering whether mouser is able to create a, for example, special project sub-forum with access only by members he designates?
Kind of like a slightly enhanced of the My Personal Area one where the members can be nominated by the My Personal Area owner - if you get my drift.
Otherwise, a SVN is probably the way to go.-4wd (July 05, 2013, 07:22 AM)
This time around, however, it's not being said by anyone who's anything like that first guy...-40hz (July 04, 2013, 02:34 PM)
