Russia and Snowden sitting in a tree...

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I wonder what the “price” of temporary asylum was?

Indeed, Putin would not do it for nothing. No way. Some media outlets reporting the U.S. as 'furious'.

I don't believe in leaking stuff willy nilly either, however, I do think the execution of unarmed civilians in Iraq is another matter.

I don't care if they are eevsdropping, I already knew they were anyway.

By surrendering himself to Russia for his own personal safety, he does not have the intellect or capacity to understand what further security breaches and risk he has placed all of us, even here in Australia. Pussy Riot is an all girl punk band that Putin got bitchy with because he didn't like their art. He is no bastion of freedom, democracy, free speech, privacy, all the things Snowden himself stands for. The irony here is astounding.