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Snowden Granted One-Year Asylum In Russia

Posted by timothy on Thursday August 1, 2013 @01:25AM from the nobel-still-in-the-works dept.

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.

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... if he leaves in 6 months ... by Anonymous Coward · 2013-08-01 01:30 · 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.
1. Re:... if he leaves in 6 months ... by FuzzNugget · 2013-08-01 01:59 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Maybe he could live in an igloo. He'd be a snowed-in snow den Snowden.
Re:Attorney Bruce Fein quote by TWiTfan · 2013-08-01 02:00 · 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.

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