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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]caseymoz
(5,763 posts)106. If there were any doubt
. . . it's now confirmed that the US was behind this crap.
I remember just last Friday President Obama stating how Snowden was so yesterday, that he had too many important things to attend to be concerned about an issue plain-old law enforcement could take care of. Yes, law enforcement, like the US State Department, at the ambassador level.
As good as our government was at kicking itself in the nuts, I really wonder who planted the disinformation that Snowden was on the Bolivian president's jet? We will probably never find out, but I know Putin is probably laughing hardest.
It's probably one the the best practical jokes in the history of international intrigue. I don't think it's going to be the last one on us before this is over. The rest of the world is going to have a knee-slapping time making the great empire look like a bunch of buffoons over this.
And the US now deserves no less.
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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