[StAnDeliver]

That's all moot IF Ecuador grants asylum. Because the Kremlin will say Snowden was merely waiting for the second leg of his flight and never passed out of customs.

HOWEVER, just days ago, Assange talked like Ecuador was a done deal for Snowy. And abra-cadabra, now it's not. Hmmm...

[BarnacleCenturion]

“Assange talked like Ecuador was a done deal for Snowy. And abra-cadabra, now it’s not”

I think it is. The problem is that there are no direct flights between Moscow and Ecuador. That flight to Havana was not an option because it went into US airspace and could have been forced to land.

[cynwoody]

HOWEVER, just days ago, Assange talked like Ecuador was a done deal for Snowy. And abra-cadabra, now it's not. Hmmm...

Tweeteth the Ecuadoran foreign minister (Google translation):

• Ricardo Patiño Aroca @ RicardoPatinoEC 2h

  Some way off the first part of the statement and left only the second. Looking confused, already know.
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10:07 a.m. - June 26, 13 · Details

• Ricardo Patiño Aroca @ RicardoPatinoEC 2h

  In Kuala Lumpur, I said that the decision of asylum can be solved in a day, a week or, as happened with Assange, could take two months

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