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NSA leaker Edward Snowden left the Moscow airport on Thursday and entered Russian territory after receiving temporary refugee status in the country, his representatives said. 

His lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said Snowden was issued papers that allowed him to leave Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport where he was stuck since his arrival from Hong Kong on June 23. He apparently has been given a one-year temporary asylum. 

WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group that is supporting Snowden, also confirmed the details of Snowden's departure on its Twitter page, claiming Snowden "successfully acquired refugee status in Russia." 

The development comes more than a month after Snowden first arrived at the Moscow airport from Hong Kong, and was effectively marooned in the airport's transit zone while he and his supporters tried to sway a number of countries to accept his petition for refugee status. 

Snowden has petitioned several Latin American countries hostile to the U.S. -- including Venezuela -- to take him in. However, the logistics of reaching any of those countries are complicated because his U.S. passport has been revoked. 

Meanwhile, Russia has refused to grant requests from the Obama administration to hand over Snowden to face federal charges. 

While Snowden was holed up in the transit zone at the Moscow airport, he continued to leak U.S. secrets to the media. In the most recent report based on Snowden's documents, The Guardian reported on Wednesday on an NSA program that allegedly allows analysts to scour emails, browsing histories and online chats. 

But Russian President Vladimir Putin had said that Snowden could receive asylum in Russia on the condition he stops leaking U.S. secrets. Kucherena has said Snowden accepted the condition. Kucherena said the material cited in The Guardian newspaper article was provided before Snowden promised to stop leaking. 

The Snowden case has further strained U.S.-Russian ties already tense amid differences over Syria, U.S. criticism of Russia's human rights record and other issues. 

Snowden's father said in remarks broadcast Wednesday on a Russian television that he would like to visit his son. Kucherena said he is arranging the trip. 


 
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NSA spy leaks: Edward Snowden leaves Moscow airport

_69063934_018835181-1.jpgLawyer Anatoly Kucherena showed a photocopy of the document given to Mr Snowden

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has left the Moscow airport where he has been staying since June after being granted temporary asylum.

Mr Snowden's lawyer said he had left after receiving the papers he needed to enter Russian territory from Sheremetyevo Airport's transit zone.

The US has charged Mr Snowden with leaking details of its electronic surveillance programmes.

Russia's decision is likely to further strain its ties with the US.

The BBC's Daniel Sandford in Moscow says a strongly worded US reaction can be expected shortly.

Mr Snowden arrived in Moscow on 23 June from Hong Kong, after making his revelations.

The affair has caused diplomatic ructions around the world, upsetting the United States' close allies and traditional enemies.

'Most pursued man'

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Mr Snowden left the airport at about 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT), the airport press office told the BBC.

Despite a heavy presence of journalists, his departure was apparently not spotted by media.

His lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said: "His location is not being made public for security reasons, since he is the most pursued man on the planet.

"He himself will decide where he will go."

The whistleblowing organisation Wikileaks, which has been helping him since he made his revelations, said in a tweet that he had been given asylum.

"Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia for a year and has now left Moscow airport under the care of Wikileaks' Sarah Harrison," it said.

Ms Harrison is a member of the Wikileaks legal team and has been helping Mr Snowden.

Mr Kucherena also said he had been awarded temporary asylum and showed a photocopy of the document issued to his client.

The document, which resembles a Russian ID card and features a fingerprint, shows an issue date of 31 July and expiry date of 31 July 2014.

'Rather insignificant'

_69066536_018834787-1.jpgEdward Snowden fled to Moscow from Hong Kong in June

US Attorney General Eric Holder has given Moscow an assurance that Mr Snowden will not face the death penalty if extradited.

But the Russians say they do not intend to hand him over.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said previously that Mr Snowden could receive asylum in Russia on condition he stopped leaking US secrets.

Mr Putin's foreign policy advisor Yury Ushakov said the situation was "rather insignificant" and should not influence relations with the US.

"We know what sort of noise surrounds this [situation] in America, but we have not received any signals from the United States," he said.

US President Barack Obama is due to visit Moscow next month.

Mr Obama was holding a private meeting with US legislators in the Oval Office on Thursday to discuss the surveillance programmes run by the National Security Agency.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23535524

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​Funny,..... Your a whistle blower when exposing an individual, corporation, or organization of wrong doings,...... But when a country gets caught with its pants down, one is a SPY.  I don't blame him for leaving, he would have suffered a heart attack, been electrocuted while making toast in the bath tub, had a deadly car accident or committed suicide by now, if he were still in the US. You know all that guilt about doing the wrong thing. Funny how no one respects or fears this country any more, or else he would have been returned by now. The smaller countries just wanted to keep getting their US aide, that we are paying for.

 Gathering information on millions of it own citizens ? That sounds more like a communist country than the freest country in the world. My how we have changed over the last 20 years. Republican, Democrat , they are all the same, just different names & titles to muddy the waters, so we can choose sides, and spend time fighting among our selves, taking our eye off the ball, our personal freedom, and the noose continues to tighten. Lets just wrap all this surveillance and control of the US. population in the flag of freedom, National security &  Public safety, why wouldn't everyone give up their privacy for safety & security ???? If you question it, You must be doing something illegal or against the common good of the nation, right ???

In the process, those that have some wealth will be taxed to death, to a point that they will either leave, but most of them will just adapt, getting use to less, wanting to be close to their family  saying its not that bad, things could be worse, we could be Russia, China, or even Mexico !

 We could be a third world country you know !

Those that have nothing, will be happy that their plight is being shared with the rest. We have reached that 50% point. You can tell by our last election. 

Those that are really well off, will move their assets and live like kings somewhere else, where the true Freedom still exists. Watching from afar the slow melt down & bankruptcy of a once great nation. 

To all the Snowdens of the world, 

true patriots, 

See you on the warm sunny beaches,

 Islandman7

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His father reported that the US Government wanted him to travel to Russia to convince his son to return to the US.

 

So Snowden's father asked that the US Government promise to give his son a fair trail and they refused to agree to put that in writing.

 

They only said they would not kill or torture his son if he comes back but no guarantee of a fair trial!

 

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His father reported that the US Government wanted him to travel to Russia to convince his son to return to the US.

 

So Snowden's father asked that the US Government promise to give his son a fair trail and they refused to agree to put that in writing.

 

They only said they would not kill or torture his son if he comes back but no guarantee of a fair trial!

 

 

Is there a video of his father saying these above highlighted things, coolbeans?  

 

GO RV, then BV 

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Is there a video of his father saying these above highlighted things, coolbeans?  

 

GO RV, then BV 

I have been looking for the full interview...it was in that interview posted and was aired on RT this morning.

 

If you can find that FULL interview it is in there as I watched it myself.

 

It looks like the press is putting restrictions on it so it is not aired in the US.

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I have been looking for the full interview...it was in that interview posted and was aired on RT this morning.

 

If you can find that FULL interview it is in there as I watched it myself.

 

It looks like the press is putting restrictions on it so it is not aired in the US.

 

Thank You Coolbeans, I'll look for that.

 

I ran across this youtube and thought it brought up some valid points.

 

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His father reported that the US Government wanted him to travel to Russia to convince his son to return to the US.

 

So Snowden's father asked that the US Government promise to give his son a fair trail and they refused to agree to put that in writing.

 

They only said they would not kill or torture his son if he comes back but no guarantee of a fair trial!

 

 

This probably isn't the interview you were talking about... in this interview his father does talk about wanting assurances at the 5 minute mark...

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3rFREvlF-Y#at=414

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23541425

1 August 2013 Last updated at 13:33 ET

NSA spy leaks: Snowden thanks Russia for asylum
_69071337_018837132.jpgGrainy TV footage showed Mr Snowden, centre, leaving the airport

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has thanked Russia for granting him temporary asylum, allowing him to leave the Moscow airport where he has been holed up since June.

In a statement, Mr Snowden also accused the US government of showing "no respect" for international law.

The US has charged Mr Snowden with leaking details of its electronic surveillance programmes.

Washington has expressed its "extreme disappointment" at Russia's decision.

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_58711054_oleg.jpg Oleg Boldyrev BBC Russian

For someone willing to disclose the dirty secrets of others, Edward Snowden is infuriatingly keen on keeping private.

That, at least, is a view of journalists, dozens of whom were patrolling the inside of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport trying to get a glimpse of this famous fugitive.

Each hint of Snowden's possible appearance brought about a sea of cameras and a forest of microphone holders. Passions ran high, some cameras were trampled upon.

All in vain. Edward Snowden slipped away in a taxi, an unremarkable grey sedan.

That is, if we believe Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who has handled Mr Snowden's asylum in Russia. According to him, the ex-CIA contractor took the taxi to a location of his own choosing.

Many Russians find it improbable that the vast Russian security machine is content simply to see Mr Snowden go.

Then again, he's left the airport on Leningradskoe Shosse, a road notorious for its traffic jams.

Should Russian Federal Security Service change its mind, it can probably find Edward Snowden still stuck in traffic not far from the place which was his home for more than a month.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said they were considering whether a meeting between US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in September should go ahead.

The latest developments came amid fresh revelations from the cache of documents leaked by Mr Snowden.

Documents seen by the UK's Guardian newspaper appear to show the US government paid at least £100m ($150m) to the UK's GCHQ spy agency to secure access to and influence over Britain's intelligence gathering programmes.

'Pursued man'

Mr Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said the former CIA contractor had left Sheremetyevo Airport at about 14:00 local time (10:00 GMT) for an undisclosed destination.

Showing a photocopy of the document issued to his client, he described Mr Snowden as "the most pursued man on the planet".

Mr Kucherena said Mr Snowden was being looked after by a legal expert from the whistleblowing organisation Wikileaks.

Russia's Federal Migration Service later officially confirmed that Mr Snowden had been granted temporary asylum for one year, Interfax news agency reported.

In a statement issued on the Wikileaks website, Mr Snowden said: "Over the past eight weeks we have seen the Obama administration show no respect for international or domestic law, but in the end the law is winning.

"I thank the Russian Federation for granting me asylum in accordance with its laws and international obligations."

President Obama and President Putin had been scheduled to meet on the sidelines of a G20 summit in early September in Saint Petersburg.

However, Mr Carney said: "We're extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have Mr Snowden expelled to the United States to face the charges against him.

"We're evaluating the utility of a summit in light of this and other issues."

Earlier, US Senator Robert Menendez, chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, described Thursday's development as "a setback to US-Russia relations".

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"Edward Snowden is a fugitive who belongs in a United States courtroom, not a free man deserving of asylum in Russia," he said.

Republican Senator John McCain also issued a stinging rebuke, saying Russia's actions were "a disgrace and a deliberate effort to embarrass the United States".

"It is a slap in the face of all Americans. Now is the time to fundamentally rethink our relationship with Putin's Russia. We need to deal with the Russia that is, not the Russia we might wish for," he said.

Mr Putin has said previously that Mr Snowden could receive asylum in Russia on condition he stopped leaking US secrets.

The Russian president's foreign policy adviser, Yury Ushakov, said the situation was "rather insignificant" and should not influence relations with the US.

Information leaked by Mr Snowden first surfaced in the Guardian newspaper in early June.

It showed that the National Security Agency (NSA) was collecting the telephone records of tens of millions of Americans.

The systems analyst also disclosed that the NSA had tapped directly into the servers of nine internet firms including Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to track online communication in a surveillance programme known as Prism.

Prism was allegedly also used by Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency, GCHQ. The agency was further accused of sharing vast amounts of data with the NSA.

Allegations that the NS

_69066104_018835512.jpgLawyer Anatoly Kucherena showed a photocopy of Mr Snowden's document

 

A had spied on its EU allies caused indignation in Europe.

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Snowden has petitioned several Latin American countries hostile to the U.S. -- including Venezuela -- to take him in. However, the logistics of reaching any of those countries are complicated because his U.S. passport has been revoked. 

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 If  a particular Country  really has the will to give him asylum.. I don't think the fact his US Passport got revoked could constitute such a big issue... Everything could be organized, given the will to give him asylum, via prior agreements.

 

Usually the asylum- offering Country provides the Person with a temporary Diplomatic Passport. Or even a non diplomatic one.

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