Posted on 06/21/2013 4:16:09 PM PDT by drewh
Businessman says he has a Chinese jet on standby in case Icelandic government green-lights asylum
An Icelandic businessman is offering to transport Edward Snowden to the island nation aboard a chartered jet if Iceland's government grants asylum to the man who exposed the National Security Agency's massive harvesting of Internet and phone records.
"Everything is ready on our side and the plane could take off tomorrow,'' DataCell executive Olafur Sigurvinsson told Iceland's Channel 2 television station, Agence France-Presse reports.
"We have really done all we can do. We have a plane and all the logistics in place. Now we are only awaiting a response from the [Icelandic] government," he said. "It would be stupid to come here only to be extradited to the United States. In that case he'd be better off where he is."
Sigurvinsson said the jet is owned by a Chinese company and was chartered for $240,000, which was raised with donations to DataCell, a Web company that processes credit card payments to WikiLeaks. His Twitter page says he's the company's chief operating officer.
"We could fly Snowden over tomorrow if we get positive reaction from the Interior Ministry," Sigurvinsson told Reuters. "We need to get confirmation of asylum and that he will not be extradited to the U.S."
Snowden would be most secure in Iceland if the country gave him citizenship, according to his Icelandic advocates.
In lieu of a parliamentary vote to give Snowden citizenship, Iceland's interior ministry would presumably need to grant – or say it will grant – Snowden asylum before he would board the flight.
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given this info he’ll be dead or arrested before he boards
can anyone say “exploding ramp”
plot a different course than Flight 800....
Get a grip, people . . . unless Obama pulls a Reagan and has some fighters force the jet down, Snowden will presently be eating lutefisk in Reykjavík.
The pilot mysteriously accelerating into a tree at top speed is much more Obama’s style.
I’m sure the Chinese Politburo can afford any price Iceland asks to shelter their employee in comfort.
Why tell anyone?
It must be a feint. Such an obvious move would elicit a shootdown from our kill list president.
watch out for the drones
They had that "Mercedes-Benz thinks so much of our owners that we let the engine obliterate the neighborhood" meme all typed up and ready to go.
Or the plane will crash.
decoy plane
Got Proof? Or Milk?
Yep, that would be the smart move. Iceland may be a decoy, too.
Don’t dismiss Obama’s invading Iceland militarily. There’s precedent: the USA has done it once before.
(2) Conveniently, a US government contractor confirms Red China's accusations about hacking.
(3) The US government contractor flees to Red China.
(4) Red China enters negotiations with foreign countries on behalf of US government contractor to protect him from US justice.
(5) In the meantime, two plus two continues to equal four.
Liberal Globalists just gotta hate Iceland...
First, they tell Brit banks (and their Globalist backers) to bleep off...no bailout for you
Now....they take in the guy who blew the lid on all their spying.
Good luck on getting a pilot to fly to Iceland tomorrow...
I hope Snowden makes it to a safe asylum in Iceland. Lots of compatible honeys are there for him
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