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US Lawmakers Want Sanctions On Any Country Taking In Snowden

Posted by samzenpus on from the come-on-home dept.

An anonymous reader points out this story about the latest effort by the U.S. to get Edward Snowden back in the country. "A U.S. Senate panel voted unanimously on Thursday to seek trade or other sanctions against Russia or any other country that offers asylum to former spy agency contractor Edward Snowden, who has been holed up for weeks at a Moscow airport. The 30-member Senate Appropriations Committee adopted by consensus an amendment to a spending bill that would direct Secretary of State John Kerry to meet with congressional committees to come up with sanctions against any country that takes Snowden in."

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  1. Re:Hey US... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Snowden should go to China. Now, if the US places sanctions on China, that would be funny.

  2. Re:Time for him to go to the United States! by number6x · · Score: 5, Funny

    Rumour has it that Snowden has requested asylum with the one place that the US government can take no punitive actions against whatsoever. A Place the US has no power or authority over...

    Wall Street

  3. Re:Hey US... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe Snowden should go to China. Now, if the US places sanctions on China, that would be funny.

    The sanctions law will probably be so hastily/poorly written that if Snowden ever returns to the US, the US will have to sanction itself :-)

    [ If we could ever harness the power of all our politicians' knees jerking, all our energy problems would be solved... ]

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    It must have been something you assimilated. . . .