Cough Up That Fur Ball! --White House urges Moscow to expel Snowden to US

[KoKo]

[Sorry...couldn't resist the "Cough Up Fur Ball"...the way the article read [expell, Snowdon] Hey gotta have a little humor in what's going on these days.

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White House urges Moscow to expel Snowden to US

Associated PressBy LARA JAKES and JIM KUHNHENN | Associated Press – 2 hrs 56 mins ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. assumes National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden remains in Russia, and officials are working with Moscow in hopes he will be expelled and returned to America to face criminal charges, President Barack Obama's spokesman said Monday. He declared that a decision by Hong Kong not to detain Snowden has "unquestionably" hurt relations between the United States and China.

Snowden left Hong Kong, where he has been in hiding, and flew to Moscow but then apparently did not board a plane bound for Cuba as had been expected. His whereabouts were a mystery. The founder of the WikiLeaks secret-spilling organization, Julian Assange, said he wouldn't go into details about where Snowden was but said he was safe.

Snowden has applied for asylum in Ecuador, Iceland and possibly other countries, Assange said.

Obama, asked if he was confident that Russia would expel Snowden, told reporters: "What we know is that we're following all the appropriate legal channels and working with various other countries to make sure that the rule of law is observed."

Obama's spokesman, Jay Carney, earlier Monday said the U.S. was expecting the Russians "to look at the options available to them to expel Mr. Snowden back to the United States to face justice for the crimes with which he is charged."

"The Chinese have emphasized the importance of building mutual trust," Carney added. "And we think that they have dealt that effort a serious setback. If we cannot count on them to honor their legal extradition obligations, then there is a problem. And that is a point we are making to them very directly."

http://news.yahoo.com/white-house-urges-moscow-expel-snowden-us-173013205.htmlhttp://news.yahoo.com/white-house-urges-moscow-expel-snowden-us-173013205.html

[dipsydoodle]

1. Shouldn't this be in the Veiled Threats Forum ?

[KoKo]

3. lol's...probably...

[Cali_Democrat]

2. I think the White House knows....

they can't force the Russians to do anything.

I don't think that's any big secret.

[KoKo]

4. Not the Chinese, either, though. Equador and Iceland...Who Knows?

But it's a great stand for Pan America Countries....and Iceland that's been trying to be a haven for Dissenters since their whole economy was "melted down" in 2007-08.

I don't know how it will turn out...but he moved FORWARD on getting "Truth Out." So, I applaud him for that.

[KoKo]

5. We need Russia's Co-operation in Syria...so there must be Frantic Negotiations

going on. Ya Think?

[KoKo]

6. I still think it's funny...but...I'm Outta Here...so off to Good Music and a Netflix.

SMOOTH JAZZ!