is a liveblog of Snowdens movements the biggest troll in history?

[MADem]

29. I want to memorialize this, so I'll make myself a copy.

Monkie (1,251 posts)
27. i gave them here already?

if he leaves russia it is either in a plane or in a "diplomatic bag" by car.
if he leaves russia via international airspace his plane will be intercepted and he will be renditioned to a federal facility.
if he flies or drives to a country in the EU he will have up to 8 years to fight his extradition if he is refused asylum.

the last possibility is that the US somehow persuades the russians to "invade" the international area at the airport and hand him to the US.
simple.
im no oracle at all, im just not wrapped up in this warped worldview that some seem to have here.

No "happily ever after" with Fidel or Maduro? No "Hail Mary" flight to Iceland? How do you think that the US will "intercept" his plane, pray tell?

I really want specifics, now--a couple of fighters will divert the craft, do you think? Force it down by sailing a missile across the bow? I need details!

And what does "up to eight years" mean? "Up to eight years" could be as brief as a day, or as long as eight years.

I kind of doubt the Russians need to "invade" their own international terminal. They have security personnel there already, who could--if needs must, and they decided to go that way--simply amble up, take Mister Snowden into custody and hand him, quietly, to a couple of FBI minders.