WikiLeaks Statement On Edward Snowden’s Exit From Hong Kong - UPDATED
"Snowden is a transit passenger, his next flight is to Cuba, he remains in the airport complex – where he’s supposed to be, waiting for the next flight," the report said.
A source in the Aeroflot company told the agency that the whistleblower, who is accompanied by WikiLeaks representative, Sarah Harrison, has rented a suit at the airport’s «V-Express» Capsule Hotel.
“He arrived. But he can’t leave the terminal because he doesn’t have a Russian visa,” the source said.
Two cars with diplomatic license plates of Ecuador – the country named among Snowden’s possible destinations – were spotted at Sheremetyevo airport.
RT’s source reported a doctor from the Ecuadorian embassy in Moscow has examined Snowden on his arrival in the Russian capital.
Snowden’s chances to remain scot free are dim and experts arguing that the nature of the criminal charges filed against him “are such that an international warrant can be issued for him.”
Political analyst says the massive scope of US intelligence means Washington is already aware of his movements to some extent, as well as any potential communications with supporters in Iceland, Venezuela or Ecuador.
Regardless of how long it takes to eventually track him down and the complications of bringing him before the US legal system, even a successful asylum bid will never provide for Snowden’s long-term security, Trenear-Harvey concludes.
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Sunday June 23.
Mr Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed evidence of a global surveillance regime conducted by US and UK intelligence agencies, has left Hong Kong legally. He is bound for the Republic of Ecuador via a safe route for the purposes of asylum, and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from WikiLeaks.
Mr Snowden requested that WikiLeaks use its legal expertise and experience to secure his safety. Once Mr Snowden arrives in Ecuador his request will be formally processed.
Former Spanish Judge Mr Baltasar Garzon, legal director of Wikileaks and lawyer for Julian Assange has made the following statement:
"The WikiLeaks legal team and I are interested in preserving Mr Snowden’s rights and protecting him as a person. What is being done to Mr Snowden and to Mr Julian Assange - for making or facilitating disclosures in the public interest - is an assault against the people".
The plane carrying whistleblower Edward Snowden has landed at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. The former CIA contractor, who left Hong Kong in a bid to elude US extradition on espionage charges, is on his way to a ‘third country’ via Russia.
Prism whistleblower Snowden arrives in Moscow en route to 'third country' with WikiLeaks help of Edward Snowden, former contractor for the U.S. National Security Agency, to passengers of a flight from Hong Kong trying to find out if Snowden was aboard the pl
ane, in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, June 23, 2013.
"Snowden is a transit passenger, his next flight is to Cuba, he remains in the airport complex – where he’s supposed to be, waiting for the next flight," the report said.
A source in the Aeroflot company told the agency that the whistleblower, who is accompanied by WikiLeaks representative, Sarah Harrison, has rented a suit at the airport’s «V-Express» Capsule Hotel.
“He arrived. But he can’t leave the terminal because he doesn’t have a Russian visa,” the source said.
Two cars with diplomatic license plates of Ecuador – the country named among Snowden’s possible destinations – were spotted at Sheremetyevo airport.
RT’s source reported a doctor from the Ecuadorian embassy in Moscow has examined Snowden on his arrival in the Russian capital.
Snowden’s chances to remain scot free are dim and experts arguing that the nature of the criminal charges filed against him “are such that an international warrant can be issued for him.”
Political analyst says the massive scope of US intelligence means Washington is already aware of his movements to some extent, as well as any potential communications with supporters in Iceland, Venezuela or Ecuador.
Regardless of how long it takes to eventually track him down and the complications of bringing him before the US legal system, even a successful asylum bid will never provide for Snowden’s long-term security, Trenear-Harvey concludes.
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