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France Could Offer Asylum To Assange, Snowden
HughPickens.com writes: The Intercept reports that in the aftermath of the NSA's sweeping surveillance of three French presidents, French Justice Minister Christiane Taubira thinks National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange might be allowed to settle in France. Taubira was asked about the NSA's surveillance of three French presidents, disclosed by WikiLeaks this week, and called it an "unspeakable practice." Taubira's comments echoed those in an editorial in France's leftist newspaper Libération that France should respond to the U.S.'s "contempt" for its allies by giving Edward Snowden asylum. France would send "a clear and useful message to Washington, by granting this bold whistleblower the asylum to which he is entitled," wrote editor Laurent Joffrin in an angry editorial titled "Un seul geste" — or "A single gesture." (google translate) If Paris offers Snowden asylum, it will be joining several other nations who have done so in the past, including Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela. However, Snowden is still waiting in Moscow to hear from almost two dozen other countries where he has requested asylum.
Also, how would Assange get there? The moment he steps out of the front door of the Ecuadorian embassy, he will be arrested.
The people who these agencies SHOULD be spying on?
Why should the NSA spy on French presidents? Exactly where in the NSA mission statement is this covered?
The second Assange steps out of that embassy, he's going to be swarmed by cops and soldiers pretending this is all about some bullshit rape charge in Sweden. And the second Snowden leaves Russian airspace, he's in serious danger.
SJW's don't eliminate discrimination. They just expropriate it for themselves.
They just use a diplomatic bag. Done. That's why they're there. The name is a misnomer - any container can be labelled a diplomatic bag and get all the protection that affords. They could also just handcuff him to a diplomatic courier, as it would be illegal to arrest, detain, or otherwise interfere the courier. There is precedent of people being shipped around in diplomatic bags, so it's not out of the question.