Snowden's Travels Raise Concerns Of Foreign Involvement

[Purveyor]

WASHINGTON - National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's flight from extradition is raising new concerns about possible assistance from foreign governments.

As Snowden hopscotched from Hong Kong to Moscow Sunday, apparently en route to Cuba and then Ecuador, U.S. officials pointed angry fingers at China and Russia.

The finger-pointing followed news that Snowden, 30, the man who leaked information earlier this month about NSA telephone and Internet surveillance programs, had left Hong Kong before U.S. officials could have him extradited on espionage charges.

Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said China "clearly had a role in this." Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of "aiding and abetting Snowden's escape."

And Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Cuban President Raul Castro or Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro could use Snowden "as a bargaining chip to get more concessions from the Obama administration."

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Oh if only there is a way to blame this on Iran/Syria...

[bemildred]

1. Can't we just look it up and see who he was talking to before he left? nt

[Purveyor]

3. Perhaps you just provided our inept intel agencies a 'clue' bemildred but then they are too busy

trying to cover-up their crimes against the American public.

[bemildred]

5. I intended sarcasm.

However, I would agree they spooks can use a clue or two. This is folly of a high order here. Bush-like.

[Purveyor]

6. 'wink'... eom

[leveymg]

2. Chuck Schumer just about beat you to the punch: New Axis of Evil line up

Sen. Chuck Schumer on Sunday blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin, accusing him of "sticking a finger" in the eye of the U.S. by allowing Edward Snowden to land in Moscow.

"The bottom line is very simple: allies are supposed to treat each other in decent ways and Putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the United States, whether it is Syria, Iran and now of course with Snowden," Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on CNN's "State of the Union." "That's not how allies should treat each other and I think it will have serious consequences for the United States-Russia relationship."

[Purveyor]

4. I throw-up a bit in my mouth every time I hear this suck-ass speak. eom

[Kolesar]

8. Libtard a..hole that he is

[Harmony Blue]

7. Hey Schumer I have received a message from Russia

with love.

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