"PHOTO: Application for temporary asylum in Russia written by #NSA leaker Edward #Snowden" (WTF?)

[ProSense]

Via HuffPo:

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Russian state television showed what appeared to be a handwritten portion of Snowden's application for asylum on Tuesday.

Russia Today, a state-run English language channel, said the photo was taken by Snowden's lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. Kucherena is a member of the Public Chamber, a national citizens advisory board created by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

PHOTO: Application for temporary asylum in Russia written by #NSA leaker Edward #Snowden http://on.rt.com/k1v86m pic.twitter.com/GRp6q2yNe5

Greenwald did not respond to a request for comment on the asylum document's authenticity.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/16/edward-snowden-gordon-humphrey_n_3606491.html

https://twitter.com/RT_com/statuses/357202506562031616

Is this real?

Fugitive Edward Snowden applies for asylum in Russia
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023271629

[Motown_Johnny]

1. No Crayons?

[Mojorabbit]

2. What is wrong with it?

It would have looked better typed but nothing wrong with a hand written request. The only way he is going to get out of there is to get temp Russian asylum and then be able to get to an embassy to a country he prefers and request asylum there.

[Demit]

13. There's nothing wrong with it. He even used 'your' correctly.

People wanting to ridicule this note for being handwritten aren't considering that maybe he doesn't have an office there in the transit zone where he can compose on a nice computer & print to his nice laser printer. Or maybe, as someone suggested in another blog, Russia doesn't have a formal application form for requesting asylum.

[KittyWampus]

19. Spelling "your" correctly is setting quite a high bar.

[Demit]

34. A lot of people don't these days. They would just use 'you'. It's nice to see good grammar.

[allin99]

29. Agree, that's what made me think it was genuine.

now watch me have spelled possessive wrong. lol.

but lol @ some people not getting that. lmao! apparently it was set quite high indeed. lmao.

[quinnox]

3. wow, another huge controversy!! Alert the media!!

[GeorgeGist]

4. Must be a S............................L................................O.....................W

writer.

Snowden officially applies for temporary asylum in Russia – human rights lawyer

Source: RT News

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a human rights lawyer revealed. Russian authorities can take up to three months to consider his request. In the meantime, Snowden may be transferred to a refugee center.

"Snowden has handed over his application to Sheremetyevo’s Federal Migration Service staff”, Russian human rights lawyer Anatoly Kucherena revealed.

“I told him about all the intricacies of the procedure. It was decided that a staff member from the FMS office will come to the airport to accept Snowden’s temporary asylum request, as he is not allowed to leave Sheremetyevo’s transit zone”, the lawyer said.

It only took Snowden a few hours to fill out the application.

http://rt.com/news/lawyer-asylum-russia-snowden-164/

[ProSense]

6. LOL!

So the photo must be the cover letter. Clearly, there is more to the application.

[HipChick]

5. That's a big run on sentence..

[Demit]

7. No it's not.

[quinnox]

9. Yup, it is a perfectly normal sentence.

Run on sentence?

[Gravitycollapse]

16. Sooooo transparent on your part.

[NuclearDem]

8. SCANDAL! SNOWDEN'S HANDWRITING SUCKS!

NEITHER DOES HE USE GRAMMAR GOOD.

Really? This?

[quinnox]

11. Du's crack reporter, prosense, has unearthed another huge controversy!

This one will surely sink Snowden!

[ProSense]

14. Only in your mind.

"Du's crack reporter, prosense, has unearthed another huge controversy!"

"WTF" is laughing at the image.

No everything posted is a "huge controversy"

Some stuff is just WTF, crazy of hilarious.

Still, it's funny that you're reaction to the post is to imply that it means this is a "huge controversy"

[Rex]

10. Something is rotten in Denmark.

[zappaman]

30. !

[Rex]

35. .

This is harder than it looks. Series!

[xchrom]

12. obama massacres innocent children with drones. nt

[ProSense]

17. FDR bombed Dresden and approved the Internment of Japanese Americans.

What's your point?

[snooper2]

25. He bounces his shit to Snoop Dogg too

[karynnj]

15. I think this a fraud - note that the date is in European format

What American dates something as 15 July?

[allin99]

22. if i'm in another country i do. even with my shitty handwriting.

[Igel]

36. I do sometimes.

Was exposed to military in civilian capacity a long, long time ago, and use that sometimes to avoid confusion. (Even "15 JUL 2013" might show up on a form).

[NuclearDem]

38. That's pretty much exclusively how we dated things in the military

DD/MMM/YYYY

[Gravitycollapse]

18. Cha-ching.

[ProSense]

20. LOL!

[Gravitycollapse]

32. Oh, sorry. Was this one a freebee?

[allin99]

21. People laugh at my handwriting too. lol. i'm never allowed...

to write the office birthday cards.

[quinnox]

23. same here, my handwriting looks like a 3rd graders

It's true. That is why I always write in cursive.

[allin99]

27. after the whole drama about the witnesses handwriting in the zimmerman trial...

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and people were talking about schools dropping cursive, i tried to write, is that called "print"? and it was hilarious. lol.

So just now after seeing the above i tried agin. nope, still hilarious. lol.

[quinnox]

28. lol

[Tarheel_Dem]

24. One who really.....REALLY......really wants to impress his potential host?

[AllINeedIsCoffee]

26. No check yes or no boxes? nt

[struggle4progress]

31. "I'll write another asylum application just as soon as I'm done watching these youtubes"

[Whisp]

33. and the PTL club donations hit another peak for the day

stashed and jammed right into Greenwald's wallet.

lol. This is so rich with all the things that are wrong with the most gullible among us.

I'm giving my monies to them there freedumb fighters...

[madamesilverspurs]

37. Dunno.

Think I'll wait to see the long form . . .