Wanderings of fugitive CIA analyst

• Published: July 3, 2013, 12:34 a.m.

After issuance of portion information about personal data collection by NSA and CIA to media, Edward Snowden was some time in Hong Kong. Local authorities didn’t prevent his location there. For request from the US government about analyst’s extradition the Hong Kong representatives gave response that there are not enough legal grounds for this.

According to the perseverance of the US government members with which they precipitates diplomatic channels to catch Snowden, even made public information is not end yet. However he has talked enough to make not international fracas but a lot of serious questions to the intelligence services activities. Such collection of private data is possible due to using of open Internet channels. Using of the VPN connection for all customers is not suitable now but safer.

Members of the debunkers society Wikileaks have oriented enough quickly and have taken care of Snowden in Hong Kong. They follow Edward everywhere, consult in areas of a conspiracy and a surviving in conditions of a pursuit.

On 23rd June Snowden had gone to Moscow with escort of Wikileaks members without waiting for end of Hong Kong and US authorities dialog. It was expected that Moscow could be a transit point on the way to a safe country. By the way, Julian Assange has recommended Russia as one of strong ways for hiding, but there is certain possibility to be extradited from it. Russian government doesn’t interest in making worse relations with USA which are already in not good status. So it can be “friendly” step if US government proposes something really gainful. In other side rest possible countries are less safe because of possible political pressure.

As for Snowden, he prefered to stay in Iceland, but representatives of island country insist that Edward must personally provide appropriate documents on a territory of Iceland for political asylum formalization. So, by the advice of Assange, was chosen waymark on Ecuador. After this were fixed two tryings of booking tickets to Havana from which Snowden can go to Сaraсas. But in both planes he didn’t go off.

The reason of such escapee behavior is that his american passport was annulled during his flight from Hong Kong to Moscow. Another international personal documents he hasn’t and formally can’t go out from the airport “Sheremetyevo” transition area. There he is still for the present time.

For Snowden it is kind of safety island where he can calm think over his further actions. Thanks to support of the “Wikileaks”, he don’t worry about food and rest first order things. Formally he is out of range of the Russian lows. This fact is used by russian representatives as response on requests about Snowden extradition from american government. Also the president Vladimir Putin has noticed that the countries haven’t a signed document about offenders exchange. So, Russian Federation hasn’t juristic grounds for such action. The presidents of USA and Russia have authorized finding out an exit from happened standoff to the leaders of FBI and FSS, informs Lenta.ru.

At the same time Putin said, that Russia can provide political asylum with guarantees of stop of next unmask actions from ex-analyst CIA.

By the information of Kommersant.ru, the president of Ecuador some time was agree to give political asylum to Snowden. But under the pressure of USA economic sanctions from one side and of internal social-economic problems from another side, lately Correa has said about possibility of exchange of runaway analyst on Isaias brothers which abscond in USA.

As media informs, Edward has written petition about providing him political asylum already in 15 countries representations as minimum.

However, the president of Venezuela, as reports Pravda.ru, has expressed readiness to take care of ex-employee CIA as a political refugee after the meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

In the evening of the July 1st the duty consul Kim Shevchenko of consular item of RF MFA in the airport Sheremetyevo, by the report of Interfax, has confirmed that Edward Snowden provided request for the political asylum in Russia. As expertes note, for analyst it will be most suitable variant of exit from the happened situation.