Official statement from WikiLeaks regarding Edward Snowden's exit from Hong Kong

Post by nraynaud » Sun, Jun 23, 2013, 2:22 PM UTC

Nrsolis wrote: post #22

jnbiche wrote: post #17

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There are no legal niceties here. This is about raw military power (Russia's) and spheres of influence (again, Russia's).

What's really sad is that this guy is going to learn really fast that he's now in a sphere where the rules simply don't apply. He's put himself in play and he's going to learn very quickly that he has few friends where a nation considers the information in his brain essential to their national security. http://www.amazon.com/The-Flight-Falcon-Manhunt-Americas/dp/... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Falcon_and_the_Sno…

Post by Andrew_Quentin » Sun, Jun 23, 2013, 2:28 PM UTC

jpatokal wrote: post #18

Andrew_Quentin wrote: post #14

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I would think the plane is safe and perhaps the plane could be considered as territory of the nation of the diplomat therefore the diplomat could offer him asylum on the plane if need be, but I may be wrong about the latter.

Nope: diplomatic immunity extends only to diplomats and their immediate families. As Snowden is neither, and cannot be nominated as one without the host country's approval, there's nothing stopping Russia or Cuba from detaining Snowden if they wanted to, no matter how many Elbonian diplomats he's travelling with. (Source: I used to have diplomatic immunity.)

Post by nwh » Sun, Jun 23, 2013, 2:36 PM UTC

reaganing wrote: post #31

So cute how Wikileaks is always trying to insert themselves into this story.

Post by Tangaroa » Sun, Jun 23, 2013, 2:50 PM UTC

synctext wrote: post #4

Why is this trip of Snowden made into a media event? The Aeroflot flight number was public! Is this to counter a secret rendition attempt? Did we wake-up in a world with 007 stuff happening to real computer nerds, not just high-paid actors?

Post by drawkbox » Sun, Jun 23, 2013, 2:51 PM UTC