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Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

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> "Russia has never extradited anyone, and will not extradite," said Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. While part of me feels that this is good news, the other part - cynical from all the word games I've heard from my own government recently - suspects they could definitely send him back without calling it "extradition." Still, I am cautiously optimistic.

What would have happened if it was Osama Bin Laden in Moscow airport.

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

#42

I wonder what his girlfriend thinks about all this.

This reminds me of the Dave Chappell sketch:

> I want some answers that Ja Rule might not have right now.

What's Snowden's girlfriend going to tell me that's going to help me make sense of all this?

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

#43
post #25

> "one of the biggest security leaks in the American history" Is the prism slides really one of the biggest security leaks in the American history, comparable to the Pentagon Papers, the war logs or the diplomatic cables? The prism power point leak looks a bit tiny in comparison. It seems to me as the reason prism get so much media attention, is that it confirmed something everyone already knew but refused to accept.…

I agree, it's not even the biggest "US is spying!" leak of this century. ECHELON[1] is larger, I would argue (though I'm not sure exactly if it was "leaked" per say).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

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post #41
post #2

> "Russia has never extradited anyone, and will not extradite," said Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov. While part of me feels that this is good news, the other part - cynical from all the word games I've heard from my own government recently - suspects they could definitely send him back without calling it "extradition." Still, I am cautiously optimistic.

What would have happened if it was Osama Bin Laden in Moscow airport.

Russian cops would probably shoot him. Russia probably has even more dislike for Islamic extremism than the US does. No need for extradition.

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Would you rather trust your life to the US government?

Yes. Let's not forget that it's Russia. Still, Snowden can't afford to trust the US, so that leaves Russia as an alternative. But that's just a special case for this particular situation.

>Yes.

> Let's not forget that it's Russia.

USA has death penalty, Russia hasn't had it for about two decades.

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

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post #33

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I hate to be that guy... the message of your post is clear, but I think it should be flee and not flea. https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aflea https://www.google.com/search?q=define%3Aflee

You just couldn't resist, could you. I'm shocked no regulation has passed to limit the banker's power. And I'm even more shocked none of them spent any time in jail. Seems like they really do own capitol hill

At this point, I think capitol hill owns them, and would hate to send their lackeys to jail and interrupt what they have encouraged them to do: fleece the plebs to pay massive consultant fees for their insider information about bloated govt contracts and pending financial manipulations.

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

#48
post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What would have happened if it was Osama Bin Laden in Moscow airport.

Russian cops would probably shoot him. Russia probably has even more dislike for Islamic extremism than the US does. No need for extradition.

Well, to be fair, Russia does actually have to deal with them from time to time unlike the US who nearly never does.

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Let's not forget that it's Russia. Still, Snowden can't afford to trust the US, so that leaves Russia as an alternative. But that's just a special case for this particular situation.

>Yes. > Let's not forget that it's Russia. USA has death penalty, Russia hasn't had it for about two decades.

Well, they don't need if they're willing to simply kill prisoners.

Re: Russia won’t extradite Snowden to US – Kremlin

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post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. Let's not forget that it's Russia. Still, Snowden can't afford to trust the US, so that leaves Russia as an alternative. But that's just a special case for this particular situation.

>Yes. > Let's not forget that it's Russia. USA has death penalty, Russia hasn't had it for about two decades.

Russia doesn't need death penalty. It's a lot more efficient to make someone disappear without the circus of judicial process.
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