Putin Says Snowden Is Still In the Moscow Airport, and Won't Be Extradited

The Atlantic Wire ^ | June 25, 2013 | Dashiell Bennett

[Freelance Warrior]

While on a trip to Finland today, Russian President Vladimir Putin told reporters that wanted NSA Leaker Edward Snowden is still in the transit area of Moscow's airport, and thus, technically not on Russian soil. He also confirmed that Russian law enforcement will not arrest him or extradite him to the United States, saying he is "a free man," but the sooner he chooses his final destination, the better.

Putin also deployed one of the better similes we've heard in a while: "In any case, I would like not to deal with such issues because it is like shearing a pig: there's lots of squealing and little fleece."

[dfwgator]

[bgill]

[DManA]

Finally some information that is believable.

[massgopguy]

Let’s see if the ego-maniac has our jets force an Aeroflot plane to land at a NATO air base in Germany.

[Patriot Babe]

AWWWW MOMMYYYY!!!! Putin does not want to hand over Snowden Waaaaaaa!!!!

[cripplecreek]

I’m a little surprised they haven’t called Putin a racist yet.

[usconservative]

Putin also deployed one of the better similes we've heard in a while: "In any case, I would like not to deal with such issues because it is like shearing a pig: there's lots of squealing and little fleece."

Translation: Putin knows that Snowden doesn't have intelligence of any value to him or Russia so he's not going to bother with him.

To me this confirms my suspicions that if Snowden had anything of "value" beyond showing how the US Government is spying on its own citizens, he'd have been "disappeared" by now.

Snowden's got nothing of value to offer to any foreign country, other than the opportunity to mock and ridicule the Obama Administration (which many are now doing.)

[cripplecreek]

Snowden's got nothing of value to offer to any foreign country, other than the opportunity to mock and ridicule the Obama Administration (which many are now doing.)

Ayup.

[sport]

I agree with your assessment.

[laplata]

I’m a little surprised they haven’t called Putin a racist yet.

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I can picture Putin with one of his -hit eatin’ grins if he heard that. LOL

He’s enjoying watching sissy boy Obama squirming.

[Circle_Hook]

Never thought I’d say this but, I’m rooting for the Russians on this one! Anything to make Odumbass look even weaker than he is!

[Westbrook]

> I’m a little surprised they haven’t called Putin a racist yet.

No point in it.

Putin’s reply would be something like, “And your point is ...?”

[stormer]

Confirmed by the fact that the Chinese let him go.

[Grampa Dave]

This is great!

“”In any case, I would like not to deal with such issues because it is like shearing a pig: there’s lots of squealing and little fleece.”

I will use that as a new tagline.

[stormer]

So it’s OK with you that a traitor skates if it embarrasses a politician you disagree with? You’re quite the patriot, aren’t you?

[Cyclone59]

The more I read about this the more I am convinced that Snowden doesn’t really exist. He is a figment of the RATS imagination that is being used to shift focus away from the real scandals and new legislature that will screw us royally.

[SeminoleCounty]

LOL....

Just wait....Obamaster Admin will accuse Putin of being an accomplice of George Zimmerman....and order Putin to turn himself in

[Mr. Jeeves]

For his part, Kerry tried to dial back the rhetoric on Tuesday, saying there's no need for a heated confrontation between the two countries. However, he probably should have told John McCain before the Arizona Senator went on CNN and called Russian President Vladimir Putin "old KGB colonel apparatchik that dreams of the days of the Russian empire."

How many nuclear wars would we be fighting right now if this man had won in 2008?

[Feckless]

Did anybody else notice our Sissy Boy Kenyan was just Biatch Slapped by the manly KGB Agent? :))))