Snowden Granted One-Year Asylum In Russia 411
New submitter kc9jud writes "The BBC is reporting that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia. According to his lawyer, Snowden has received the necessary papers to leave the transit zone at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, and the airport press office is reporting that Snowden left the airport at 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT). A tweet from Wikileaks indicates that Snowden has been granted temporary asylum and may stay in the Russian Federation for up to one year."
Reader Cenan adds links to coverage at CNN, and other readers have pointed out versions of the story at Reuters and CBS.
Gone (Score:4, Funny)
...aaaaaaaaaaand he's gone. Hopefully out of reach of all repressive regimes, including the USA.
... if he leaves in 6 months ... (Score:5, Funny)
He'd better be careful. If he waits a few more months, he'll be snowed-in and unable to leave at all.
CIA's next move (Score:4, Funny)
Since the CIA can't outright shoot him, they'll just alter a few videos to make it look like he's gay in Russia.
So he survives past the end of my attention span (Score:4, Funny)
Re:... if he leaves in 6 months ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Attorney Bruce Fein quote (Score:5, Funny)
Ha, I can answer those now:
* who is accountable for all of the laws broken by the NSA
No one will be.
* what programs they still have in place which are illegal
None will ever be found so.
* when these illegal programs will be terminated
Just as soon their differently-named successors that do the exact same thing are ready.
Re:They called our bluff! (Score:2, Funny)
Best way to deflect any talk of sanctions is to say like this : "Mr Putin's foreign policy advisor Yury Ushakov said the situation was \"rather insignificant\" and should not influence relations with the US."
FTFY. Double quotes inside a double-quoted string must be escaped.