Snowden agrees to asylum in Venezuela: top lawmaker

breitbart ^ | july 9, 2013

[Perdogg]

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who has been holed up in a Moscow airport for more than two weeks, has agreed to an offer of political asylum from Venezuela, a top pro-Kremlin lawmaker said on Tuesday.

[mikrofon]

Who realized the Whistleblower free-agency market was so active?…

[Vendome]

Tenga una gran vida e vivir a lo grande

[Truth29]

"They won't stop him. That card was blown when they grounded Evo Morales' plane a couple of weeks back. They won't try that again. Also had the side effect of enhancing anti-American opinion in Latin America. Leading me to believe the whole episode was a Vlad Putin set-up."

Assuming this is real information, Snowden will probably fly Aeroflot. Putin would just love Obama to force down a Russian jet. Things would get real interesting, real fast and Obama won't even remember the name Snowden when Vlad is done with him.

[a fool in paradise]

If he’s bitter over Gitmo and drone strikes, what’s he going to say about human rights abuses in Venezuela, China, or Russia?

[Truth29]

"Buddy of mine said his dad was stationed in Iceland. Said that the place was filled with “beautiful, buxom young blonde women, who did not have a tooth left in their head”."

Having been to Iceland multiple times, I want to tell you that is not accurate, at least in the 21st century. There are worse places, many worse places, than to end up in Iceland.

[RetiredArmy]

F16 shoot down of the airplane? Big embarrassment to OClown.

[GraceG]

“Buddy of mine said his dad was stationed in Iceland. Said that the place was filled with “beautiful, buxom young blonde women, who did not have a tooth left in their head”.”

Nothing a nice set of dentures cannot solve and now they have dental implants too.

[Hot Tabasco]

I think it’s a good choice, Russia seems like a dreary, miserable place to live. Venezuela has nice beaches and weather.....

[Perdogg]

and women who wear thongs to the beach.

[rawhide]

Russia is nice, but only if you have a money tree.

[A Navy Vet]

"These South American countries only want him for the NSA goodies ,he better watch his back after they get the goodies,..."

Especially Venezuela.

[rawhide]

The one thing, imo, is Swowdin will not really be safe in Venezuela. If the US has a reward for him, it will not look good for him. I think Swowdin did not think this through completely.

[txhurl]

Remember.... Iceland didn’t turn Snowden down, they just didn’t vote to bend the law that says you have to be in-country to apply for asylum. That’s where he really wants to be.

[rawhide]

Not too sure Iceland would have kept him? But it begs the question as to why he not go there in the first place, instead of Hong Kong?

[COBOL2Java]

I’d have done Iceland. Coolest name on the planet ;-) Pick a nice spot near a geothermal spa and enjoy global warming.

He'd have to develop a taste for kæstur hákarl though...

[matt04]

Me to.

[VerySadAmerican]

“Enjoy” it there or enjoy it here.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Maybe Kenya will take him and he can run for President of Kenya after saying he was born there.

[familyop]

Two considerations: the price of oil and Venezuela’s desire to avoid becoming the laughingstock of other countries south of our border. Keeping him happy will be a nationalist effort there.