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struggle4progress

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Fri Jun 14, 2013, 03:22 AM Jun 2013

Britain says NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK

BANGKOK (AP) - The British government has issued an alert to airlines around the world, urging them not to allow former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to board flights to the United Kingdom.

The alert, dated Monday on a Home Office letterhead, says carriers should deny Snowden boarding because "the individual is highly likely to be refused entry to the UK."

The Associated Press saw a photograph of the document taken Friday at a Thai airport. A British diplomat confirmed that the document was genuine and was sent out to airlines around the world ...


http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/jun/14/britain-says-nsa-leaker-snowden-not-welcome-in/
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Britain says NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2013 OP
Nobody wants to know their phones are tapped. Downwinder Jun 2013 #1

Downwinder

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1. Nobody wants to know their phones are tapped.
Fri Jun 14, 2013, 06:52 AM
Jun 2013

Makes NOW's escapade look minor. NSA might have scarfed up Royal communications.

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