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xchrom

(108,903 posts) Fri Jul 12, 2013, 08:46 AM Jul 2013

Analysis - Experts advise Snowden: fly commercial

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/12/uk-usa-security-flights-options-analysis-idUKBRE96B0AB20130712

(Reuters) - When an Aeroflot plane from Moscow took an unusually southerly course to Havana on Thursday, it quickly triggered speculation that American fugitive Edward Snowden could be on board.

But the plane was probably just avoiding turbulence, like other aircraft that crossed the Atlantic yesterday. There was no sign of Snowden on arrival - he remained at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, where he was to meet human rights groups on Friday.

Still, aviation experts said such speculation is not without merit. Due to protections offered by international aviation rules, a commercial flight may be Snowden's best bet for a ticket to asylum, trumping private jets or government planes.

Commercial carriers have the freedom to use airspace of other countries, known as the First Freedom of the air, the centrepiece of a complex but well-established system that keeps global air transportation running smoothly.

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Analysis - Experts advise Snowden: fly commercial (Original Post) xchrom Jul 2013 OP

I wish he would and soon... And Obama admin would be wise to just let him get his asylum, IMO hlthe2b Jul 2013 #1

I was sort of thinking they would be wise to do that but... allin99 Jul 2013 #2

hlthe2b

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1. I wish he would and soon... And Obama admin would be wise to just let him get his asylum, IMO

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Fri Jul 12, 2013, 09:19 AM

Jul 2013

allin99

(894 posts)

2. I was sort of thinking they would be wise to do that but...

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 12, 2013, 09:26 AM

Jul 2013

the heavy pressure and threats to Latin America tells me it must be do or die.

I'm very pro USA and i justify a whole heck of a lot. And since a dem has been in office i think (other than killing u.s. citizens abroad) much much better about our foreign policy. When Hillary Clinton helped free the political prisoners of Myanmar i could not have been more proud...

but i haven't felt this bad about the u.s. in a long time. The way we treat Latin America makes me sick. And i want to say, hey, there must be a very good reason for it. I dunno.

Anyway, that being said, clearly there is a reason to them they want this guy bad. And it doesn't have anything to do with the fear of modify a section or 2 of fisa and the patriot act.

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