Edward Snowden

Latin America Angry at US for Downing Evo Morales Airplane

July 3, 2013 Michael Weissenstein, www.ap.org Educate! Bolivia, Edward Snowden

Shades of outrage were felt across Latin America in countries with long experience on the sharp end of U.S. power, even those whose governments did not take sides with leftist Bolivia. "What happened to Bolivia's president is upsetting and dangerous," said Carlos Acosta, a Panama City clothing salesman, as he read about the case in his local paper. "Not letting your president cross a country's airspace, it's like a slap in the face." Preventing the passage of a presidential jet and even searching it is legal under international law but unprecedented in recent memory, aviation experts said. "It is extraordinary to prohibit passage through one's state air space en route to another state," said Ken Quinn, former chief counsel at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and head of the aviation practice at the Washington-based law firm Pillsbury Winthrop. "From a diplomacy standpoint, one does not normally interfere with diplomats and high-ranking public officials in transit."

Snowden Has Empowered People by Ending Ignorance

July 3, 2013 Elliot Sperber, www.alternet.org Educate! Edward Snowden

If knowledge is power, then the lack of knowledge, or ignorance, amounts to a lack of, or exclusion from, power. As such, removing, obscuring, or hiding knowledge - in a word, secrecy - not only creates power, it produces powerlessness, weakness, and vulnerability as well. Indeed, as Elias Canetti phrased it in his Crowds and Power: "Secrecy lies at the very core of power." As the state, then, acquires ever more knowledge/power through such programs as PRISM, 'the people' in general - in spite of the State's dubious claims of enhancing security and safety - are only further weakened, put into an ever more vulnerable, precarious position.

Why European Nations Must Protect Edward Snowden

July 3, 2013 Christophe Deloire and Julian Assange, www.en.rsf.org Educate! Edward Snowden

On October 12, 2012, the European Union won the Nobel Peace Prize for contributing to the “advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.” The EU should show itself worthy of this honor and show its will to defend freedom of information, regardless of fears of political pressure from its so-called closest ally, the United States. Now that Edward Snowden, the young American who revealed the global monitoring system known as Prism, has requested asylum from 20 countries, the EU nations should extend a welcome, under whatever law or status seems most appropriate.

Open Letter From Lou Snowden to His Son Edward

July 3, 2013 Lou Snowden, www.scribd.com Educate! Edward Snowden, Human Rights, NSA, Privacy

What you have done and are doing has awakened congressional oversight of the intelligence community from deep slumber; and, has already provoked the introduction of remedial legislation in Congress to curtail spying abuses under section 215 Of the Patriot Act and section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence; Surveillance Act, You have forced onto the national agenda the question of Whether the American people prefer the right to be left alone from government snooping absent probable cause to believe Crime is afoot to vassalage; In hopes of a risk-free existence. You are a modern day Paul Revere.

Snowden Asylum: Bolivian President’s Plane Diverted

July 2, 2013 Oliver Laughand, www.guardian.couk Educate! Edward Snowden

The plane carrying the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, from Russia has been rerouted to Austria, following suspicions that the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden was on board, leading to a major diplomatic incident. The Bolivian foreign minister, David Choquehuanca, said French and Portuguese authorities refused to allow the plane to fly through their airspace. He added that rumours Snowden was on board were unfounded. "We don't know who invented this lie. We want to denounce to the international community this injustice with the plane of President Evo Morales," Choquehuanca told Associated Press.

Video – Greenwald: “World Will Be Shocked by New Revelations”

July 2, 2013 Jack Mirkinson, huffingtonpost.com Educate! Edward Snowden, NSA, Privacy

Glenn Greenwald told Fox News on Tuesday that the "world will be shocked" by upcoming revelations about the National Security Agency's surveillance. Greenwald spoke to the network's Eric Bolling, who has been a defender of Edward Snowden, the leaker who passed the NSA documents to the Guardian. Bolling asked him to divulge some information about what he has planned next, but Greenwald was coy. "You're going to have to wait along with everybody else," he said. "I will say that there are vast programs, both domestic and international spying, that the world will be shocked to learn about, that the NSA is engaged in with no democratic accountability and that's what driving our reporting."

Edward Snowden Withdraws Russian Asylum Request

July 2, 2013 Miriam Elder, www.guardian.co.uk Resist! Edward Snowden, NSA

Edward Snowden has withdrawn his request for political asylum fromRussia, the Kremlin said on Tuesday, further adding to the uncertainty over the US whistleblower's future. A spokesman for Russian president Vladimir Putin said Snowden withdrew the request after Putin's statement making clear that he would be welcome only if he stopped "his work aimed at bringing harm" to theUnited States. "Snowden really asked to remain in Russia," Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman, said. "Learning yesterday of Russia's position … he abandoned his intentions and his request to get the possibility to stay in Russia."

Snowden: Free to Make New Disclosures

July 2, 2013 Staff, www.reuters.com Organize! Edward Snowden

In a letter to Ecuador seen by the Reuters news agency, Snowden on Monday said the United States was illegally persecuting him for revealing its electronic surveillance programme, PRISM, but made it clear he did not intend to be muzzled. "I remain free and able to publish information that serves the public interest," he said in the undated letter in Spanish sent to Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa. "No matter how many more days my life contains, I remain dedicated to the fight for justice in this unequal world. If any of those days ahead realise a contribution to the common good, the world will have the principles of Ecuador to thank."

Edward Snowden Submits Asylum Applications

July 2, 2013 Staff, www.wikileaks.org Organize! Edward Snowden

The requests were made to a number of countries including the Republic of Austria, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Finland, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of India, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Poland, the Russian Federation, the Kingdom of Spain, the Swiss Confederation and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. The requests join or update others previously made including to the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of Iceland.

Edward Snowden Statement: “Obama administration is afraid of you”

July 1, 2013 Edward Snowden, www.wikileaks.org Educate! Edward Snowden, Julian Assange

One week ago I left Hong Kong after it became clear that my freedom and safety were under threat for revealing the truth. My continued liberty has been owed to the efforts of friends new and old, family, and others who I have never met and probably never will. I trusted them with my life and they returned that trust with a faith in me for which I will always be thankful. . . In the end the Obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers like me, Bradley Manning or Thomas Drake. We are stateless, imprisoned, or powerless. No, the Obama administration is afraid of you. It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised — and it should be. I am unbowed in my convictions and impressed at the efforts taken by so many.

Snowden Seeks Asylum in Russia, How It Happened

July 1, 2013 Tania Branigan and Miriam Elder, www.guardian.co.uk Educate! Edward Snowden, Russia

Late on Sunday night, Harrison approached the consular office in Sheremetyevo's Terminal F carrying a request for political asylum in Russia. The consular officer on duty, Kim Shevchenko, accepted it and called the foreign ministry. They sent a courier over one hour later and are now studying the request. Putin said on Monday that Snowden would have to stop "harming" the US if he hoped to stay in Russia, the first public admission that Snowden could stay in Russia for ever. Whether by chance or design, Snowden now seems ever more likely to remain in Russia, something sure to infuriate the United States.

Venezuela Renews Offer of Humanitarian Aid to Snowden, Visits Russia

July 1, 2013 Deborah Dupre, , www.examiner.com Educate! Edward Snowden, Venezuela

Pres. Maduro lands in Russia Monday has said he wants to offer humanitarian aid to US persecuted human rights defender and NSA surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden. Maduro described Snowden’s actions as “the rebellion of truth,” according to Press TV. “If that young man needs humanitarian protection and believes that he can come toVenezuela,” then Venezuela “is prepared to protect this brave youth in a humanitarian way and so that humanity can learn the truth,” Maduro said Thursday.

Assange: Rebukes Kerry & Biden, Praises Manning & Snowden

June 30, 2013 Staff, www.abcnews.go.com Educate! Chelsea Manning, Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, NSA

Appearing exclusively on ABC's This Week on Sunday morning, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange discussed his and NSA leaker Edward Snowden's respective asylum situations, as well as the United States' "disgraceful" treatment of Snowden in revoking his passport. Assange explained that the particular district in northern Virginia typically has jury pools made up of CIA and Pentagon workers, and is known as "rocket docket" for its "lack of scrutiny procedures" and high conviction rates. Assange said Secretary of State Kerry's statements that lives were put at risk was false, and Vice President Biden should not be pressuring Ecuador on asylum.

NSA Can Store 1 Billion Calls a Day & Listen to Them

June 30, 2013 Staff, www.rt.com http://rt.com/usa/nsa-greenwald-call-store-427/ Educate! Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald, NSA, Privacy

The NSA has a “brand new” technology that enables one billion cell phone calls a day to be redirected into its data hoards and stored, according to the Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald, who said that a new leak of Snowden's documents was ‘coming soon.’ Calling it part of a “globalized system to destroy all privacy,” and the enduring creation of a climate of fear, Greenwald outlined the capabilities of the NSA to store every single call while having “the capability to listen to them at any time,” while speaking via Skype to the Socialism Conference in Chicago, on Friday. Greenwald was the first journalist to leak Snowden’s documents, having travelled to Hong Kong to review them prior to exposure.

Biden Calls President Correa to Urge No Granting of Asylum

June 29, 2013 Brian Ellsworth, www.reuters.com Educate! Edward Snowden, NSA

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa said on Saturday the United States had asked him not to grant asylum for former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden in a "cordial" telephone conversation he held with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Correa said he vowed to respect Washington's opinion in evaluating the request. The Andean nation says it cannot begin processing Snowden's request unless he reaches Ecuador or one of its embassies. But he said the United States has not heeded Ecuador's request to extradite citizens sought by the law, including bankers he said have already been sentenced. "There's a clear double standard here. If the United States is pursuing someone, other countries have to hand them over," Correa said. "But there are so many fugitives from our justice system (in the United States) ... and they don't return them." Correa said Ecuador's London consulate issued Snowden an unauthorized safe-passage document which has been withdrawn. Snowden's lack of a valid travel document appears to be one of the primary obstacles to his leaving the transit area of the Moscow international airport.

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