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Default re: PhOtOs-Snowden Granted Asylum/Offered Job in Russia+NSA Updates

So where IS Edward Snowden? Russia accused of play Cold War games with U.S. and acting as 'travel agent' for NSA.
Whistleblower fails to board Cuba flight and disappears





The 30-year-old failed to travel on an Aeroflot flight out of Moscow to Cuba as expected, raising the possibility that the FSB intelligence service - which would have huge interest in his secrets - was acting as his travel agent. Snowden accompanied by Briton Sarah Harrison is seeking to reach Ecuador hoping for political asylum so defying a last ditch effort to flout his plans and have him arrested. A photo (left) showed the empty seat which the whistleblower was booked to occupy in this morning's flight.

Edward Snowden, 30, flew to Moscow with British activist Sarah Harrison
Julian Assange tells reporters both have now left Moscow and are 'safe'
Harrison is a WikiLeaks spokesman and ex girlfriend of Julian Assange
But picture has emerged of empty seat that he was meant to be booked on
Whistleblower was expected to travel to Cuba en route to South America
US warns Western nations not to help Snowden unless to send him home


DailyMail UK, 24 June 2013

Russia was accused of playing sinister Cold War games with the US today as mystery surrounded the whereabouts of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The 30-year-old failed to travel on an Aeroflot flight out of Moscow to Cuba as expected, raising the possibility that the FSB intelligence service - which would have huge interest in his secrets - was acting as his travel agent.
Snowden accompanied by Briton Sarah Harrison is seeking to reach Ecuador hoping for political asylum so defying a last ditch effort to flout his plans and have him arrested.




Searching for asylum: Edward Snowden is travelling to Ecuador after being charged with espionage in America. He met with Ecuador's ambassador as he landed in Moscow today

Snowden's whereabouts remained a mystery this afternoon, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Ecuador refugee himself, claimed he was 'safe and healthy' after fleeing to Moscow to a secret bolt hole.

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'The current status of Mr Snowden and Harrison is that both are healthy and safe and they are in contact with their legal teams,' Assange said, referring to Sarah Harrison, a WikiLeaks representative accompanying Snowden

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
Edward Snowden left Hong Kong on June 23 bound for Ecuador via a safe pass through Russia and other states,' Assange told reporters on a conference call from inside Ecuador's embassy in London, where he has been himself hiding from arrest and extradition.Speaking at a telephone conference call with journalists, Mr Assange accused the US administration of making 'extremely bellicose' statements about Mr Snowden and of attempting to 'bully' Russia and other countries into extraditing him.




'The current status of Mr Snowden and Harrison is that both are healthy and safe and they are in contact with their legal teams,' Julian Assange said
'The US Secretary of State claimed Mr Snowden is a traitor. He is not a traitor, he is not a spy, he is a whistleblower who has told the public an important truth. The charging of Edward Snowden is not a matter of justice - it is an attempt to intimidate any country that might be considering standing up for his rights to tell the truth.'

Asked if he knew where Mr Snowden was, Mr Assange replied:

'He is in a safe place and his spirits are high. Due to the bellicose threats coming from the Obama administration we cannot go into further details.'

Asked if he knew how Mr Snowden left Hong Kong, Mr Assange said:

'That is a fascinating story which I am sure will one day be told, but today is not the day.'




Right hand woman: Sarah Harrison, who is believed to have been helping Snowden flee to South America, is pictured outside the embassy in London where her then-boyfriend Julian Assange is seeking asylum

However, Russia last night claimed to be studying a US demand for Snowden to be extradited -implying he was still hiding at a Moscow airport.


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'An official US request for detention and deportation of
E. Snowden has been received through diplomatic channels, on the basis that he is being accused of committing grave crimes,' admitted an informed source.
'Appropriate services have been instructed to take measures to study this request from the USA.'
But simultaneously a security source said Russia does not have the right to apprehend Snowden because he had not gone through passport control at Moscow's Sheremetyevo international airport.

'The Russian authorities cannot detain and deport Snowden because he has not crossed the border of the Russian Federation,' said a source.

Meanwhile, another source with knowledge of the Snowden situation strongly hinted he had left Russia on another plane.

'Snowden, most likely, has already left the Russian Federation,' according to a Moscow source 'familiar with the matter', reported Interfax news agency.

'He could have left by a different plane.'

And Vladimir Putin's spokesman teased the Americans:

'Overall, we have no information about him.'

Leading MP Alexei Pushkov, head of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee, blasted:

'Why should the United States expect restraint and understanding from Russia?'

The distinctly contradictory Russian statements had the hallmarks of a Cold War-style bid to confuse the enemy and aid Snowden in his escape.

But there was also speculation in Western enemies that the Russians could be 'extracting information ' from the American IT specialist, a former CIA employee, in return for helping him with his onward passage.

'The delay is puzzling,' said one source. 'He appeared to have a ticket for an onward flight to Cuba and then South Ameria but suddenly he was not on the flight.


'The question is: Who or what kept him in Moscow? '

Just as worrying was the location of his laptop computers containing an intelligence treasure trove which the US fear amounts to one the biggest leaks in history.

Should the Americans succeed in detaining Snowden, he could spend most of the rest of his life in jail as one of the most prolific 'traitors' ever, according to US claims.

A large group of journalists boarded flight SU 150 from Moscow to Havana but the economy class seat - for which Snowden has reportedly checked in - was empty.

'He didn't take the flight,' said an Aeroflot source after the plane left 40 minutes late.


Heavy security around the flight suggested that there was an expectation he would take it.

The Ecuadorian ambassador to Moscow arrived at the airport yesterday morning amid speculation he would accompany Snowden on any flight.

Another explanation was that he could be furnishing Snowden with an Ecuadorian travel document or passport that would enable him to cross borders legally.

There were also claims that he had applied for Icelandic asylum.




Departed: Snowden was believed to be booked on Flight CU 6150 from Moscow to Cuba





Where is he? Passengers queue to board a plane to Cuba at a terminal of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport. But Snowden was nowhere to be seen

Meanwhile, Ecuador's Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino gave the strongest hint yet over his country's intentions as he told a press conference he is reviewing Snowden's asylum request and will make a decision based on human rights considerations above all.

Likening his case with the 'persecution' of US Army whistleblower Bradley Manning, he said: 'Human rights principles will always be placed above any other interest.

'Ecuador's government has maintained respectful contact with the Russian government and has said that it is considering the asylum request... Of course, we are considering the consequences of our decisions but we act on our principles.'

It comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry said;

'It would be 'deeply troubling' if Russia or Hong Kong had adequate notice about Edward Snowden's plans to flee to a country that will grant him asylum and still allowed him leave.

'I think reciprocity in the enforcement of the law is pretty important,' he added.

His words were echoed by a State Department official in Washington who today urged all Western nations not to harbour the fugitive in a veiled warning to any country who fails to comply.

'The United States has been in touch via diplomatic and law enforcement channels with countries in the Western Hemisphere through which Snowden might transit or that could serve as final destinations,' he said. 'The U.S. is advising these governments that Snowden is wanted on felony charges, and as such should not be allowed to proceed in any further international travel, other than is necessary to return him to the United States.'




Asylum: The pair were met by two cars, pictured, from the Ecuadorian embassy parked at Moscow's Sheremetevo airport today

The FSB was earlier said to have ignored the request with sources saying it had no reason to arrest Snowden and that he was treated as an 'ordinary' transit passenger.

'The Ecuador authorities could supply him with refugee documents or even grant him citizenship by is issuing a passport or a special note,' said a Russian security source.

The Ecuador foreign minister Ricardo Patin Aroca is expected to gave a press conference at 1pm London time in Hanoi where he is on a diplomatic visit.

He is due to address the issue of Snowden's diplomatic status, and said earlier:

'We will make a decision... we are analysing it.'

The Ecuadorian Embassy in Moscow declined to give any details.

'We make no comments and plan no official events on this issue', said a source.

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