WikiLeaks Says It Is Working to Negotiate Asylum in Iceland for Snowden

[Hissyspit]

Source: New York Times

WikiLeaks Says It Is Working to Negotiate Asylum in Iceland for Snowden

By SCOTT SHANE and CHARLIE SAVAGE
Published: June 19, 2013

WASHINGTON — WikiLeaks activists in Iceland are discussing with government officials there the possibility of asylum for Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed hundreds of classified documents on N.S.A. surveillance, Julian Assange, the founder of the antisecrecy group, said Wednesday.

“We are in touch with Mr. Snowden’s legal team and are in the process of brokering his asylum in Iceland,” Mr. Assange said in a conference call with reporters. He said both the legal and practical obstacles were under review by Mr. Snowden’s lawyers and supporters.

A spokeswoman for Iceland’s embassy in Washington confirmed that the government had been approached by advocates for Mr. Snowden but would not comment further.

Mr. Snowden, 29, whose leak of National Security Agency documents has shaken American officials and fueled a public debate about government surveillance, is believed to be in hiding in Hong Kong. He has acknowledged that he is likely to be prosecuted for the unauthorized disclosures and has expressed both interest in asylum in Iceland and concern about whether he would be safe there.

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[Lil Missy]

1. Good place for him. n/t

[PSPS]

3. Huh?

[cstanleytech]

4. Ya I just noticed. I'll claim lack of sleep as I only managed about 3 hours last night because my

freaking shoulder was hurting me all night long and the doc isnt sure if its a bone spur or a pinched nerve but it still hurts like hell.

[flamingdem]

5. I hope he comes back to the USA

and spearheads a discussion about privacy, if China lets him!

[Spirochete]

6. Appropriate

Someone named SNOWden belongs in a place called ICEland, I suppose. The eggrolls probably won't be as good, though.

[dipsydoodle]

7. I wasn't sure if they do direct flights between Hong Kong and Reykjavík

but just checked and they do. A stopover could've posed a problem dependent on where it was.

[Progressive dog]

8. Maybe he'd stay in Hong Kong if

the Us promised not to ask for extradition.
Wikileaks can't get Assange out of the Ecuador embassy, and Snowden has to get out of Hong Kong first.

[Peace Patriot]

9. Interesting how the defiers of the rich "austerity" thieves are also...

...the true defenders of free speech.

Iceland (if they do it): Refuge for Snowden.

Ecuador: Refuge for Assange.

Both with enlightened, progressive, "New Deal"-type economic policies that benefit all of the people.

The rich "austerity" thieves are, of course, the banksters, global corporations and war profiteers who are served by our government leaders and those in the U.K. and Europe. Lots and lots of secrets. Can't tolerate real journalism--nor real democracy, for that matter--but never stop bloviating about it.