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Kerry talked to Venezuela about Snowden: US
Kerry talked to Venezuela about Snowden: US
WASHINGTON — The United States denied Friday that Secretary of State John Kerry threatened Venezuela with reprisals if it gave asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
Venezuela is one of a handful of Latin American countries that has offered refuge to the fugitive former government contractor, who has asked for temporary asylum in Moscow.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf confirmed that Kerry spoke about Snowden by telephone on July 12 with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua.
But she denied as "completely false" a report in the Spanish newspaper ABC that Kerry had threatened to suspend sales of gasoline or oil products to Caracas if it granted Snowden asylum.
"The secretary made no reference in his conversation with Foreign Minister Jaua as to what our response would be if Venezuela were to assist Mr. Snowden or receive him," she said, reading from a statement.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUoqJ33dxeVcZl8MbB1cUwMhGjKQ?docId=CNG.03a9fb983f982a62a4857fd964b40d38.3f1
WASHINGTON — The United States denied Friday that Secretary of State John Kerry threatened Venezuela with reprisals if it gave asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.
Venezuela is one of a handful of Latin American countries that has offered refuge to the fugitive former government contractor, who has asked for temporary asylum in Moscow.
State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf confirmed that Kerry spoke about Snowden by telephone on July 12 with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua.
But she denied as "completely false" a report in the Spanish newspaper ABC that Kerry had threatened to suspend sales of gasoline or oil products to Caracas if it granted Snowden asylum.
"The secretary made no reference in his conversation with Foreign Minister Jaua as to what our response would be if Venezuela were to assist Mr. Snowden or receive him," she said, reading from a statement.
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http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jUoqJ33dxeVcZl8MbB1cUwMhGjKQ?docId=CNG.03a9fb983f982a62a4857fd964b40d38.3f1
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but close to what I saw this morning on DU.
As we all know, an anonymous source is always good if it attacks somebody you want to bash (or somebody you want to bash by proxy, like Obama).
