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In reply to the discussion: It was the US AMBASSADOR to Austria who called the FM to say Snowden was on Pres Morales' plane [View all]Hissyspit
(45,788 posts)65. Oh ya. Don't want to jump to conclusions.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3159070
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It was the US AMBASSADOR to Austria who called the FM to say Snowden was on Pres Morales' plane [View all]
Catherina
Jul 2013
OP
But Rex, remember when America used to be wrong about everything when Bush was
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#49
bookmark this too. There was no inspection. His refusal to budge on that is why he had to sit 13 hrs
Catherina
Jul 2013
#10
That may well be, but doesn't distract me at all from the fact that we apparently had a hand in it
silvershadow
Jul 2013
#13
'I am not some sort of delinquent, whereby you can take control of the plane.'
Octafish
Jul 2013
#36
How did Austria verify passports without knowing how many people were on the plane? -- n/t
mazzarro
Jul 2013
#61
So according to this article the call to Austria came after the jet had already landed. n/t
PoliticAverse
Jul 2013
#6
Hey, if you can pretend to be a lawyer, I can pretend to be a pirate.
East Coast Pirate
Jul 2013
#63
It would have violated International Laws, Treaties, Immunities etc IF they had tried to get him
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#53
After Julian Assange went there. Fortunately there were smarter people around who prevented that
sabrina 1
Jul 2013
#84
I remember it, as do so many others, of course. It made them look like assholes.
Judi Lynn
Jul 2013
#85
billions upon billions spent in spying and surveillance and their most wanted man makes them look
xiamiam
Jul 2013
#15
no. no, i've been assured this was the sponataneous decision of some EU agency..
frylock
Jul 2013
#18
EU Agency in this case means American Embassy based in the EU I guess.... nt
silvershadow
Jul 2013
#21
The only reason to disregard it is if that paper has something to gain from falsification...
sibelian
Jul 2013
#100
I think what you are smelling comes from your many posts on the Morales issue...
PoliticAverse
Jul 2013
#29
And you made your OP after the French Foreign Minister had already made the
PoliticAverse
Jul 2013
#35
Not a US corporate source. I'm just looking for additional sources and quotes from govt officials
Cali_Democrat
Jul 2013
#34
What you are attacked for is quoting anonymous sources you seem to agree with
PoliticAverse
Jul 2013
#38
He didn't do this on his own. Even if he could have, or did, what explains the other countries? n/t
Catherina
Jul 2013
#43
This is printed in a RW Catholic-church-owned daily and nobody else is running with it
Recursion
Jul 2013
#78
I have already posted confirmation independent of Die Presse that a call took place.
Democracyinkind
Jul 2013
#88
Hey DU, we did good! A few discreet tweets here and there & RT_Spanish has picked this up
Catherina
Jul 2013
#114