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Snowden ‘betrayed his country’ – Kerry sais. No Kerry, you and the whole political establishment are betraying the US and other nations!

June 24, 2013   ·   0 Comments

Kerry also claimed the United States did not know the intended travel destination of former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden after he was allowed to leave Hong Kong despite U.S. demands for his arrest.

Speaking at a joint press conference with the Indian foreign minister in New Delhi, Kerry also said he would be deeply troubled if China and Russia had prior notice of Snowden’s travel plans.

Washington has pressed Moscow to do all in its power to expel Snowden before he gets the chance to take an expected flight to Cuba to evade prosecution in the United States for espionage.

There was no sign that Snowden was on board a Russian plane bound for Cuba to take off on Monday.

‘Mr Snowden would be best advised to try to stay in Russia and to make a base there’ – Smith

One of the consequences of Edward Snowden’s revelations is that it brings into sharp focus just how far the US Government has been prepared to go in its desire to control global data, Michael John Smith, the last spy ever convicted of spying for the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, told VoR in an exclusive interview.

“Almost anything or anybody is now potentially under surveillance as an enemy or threat to the USA, and the rule of Law now has hardly any meaning when agencies such as the NSA and CIA can gain access to all the information flowing around our electronic cyberspace. The USA wants nothing less than complete control over everybody’s data, and regards itself as THE country that must have complete freedom to spy on us all.

How dare the USA act as the arrogant and dictatorial world’s master! It is thanks to heroes such as Edward Snowden that we know so much about this distasteful secret the USA has kept from us. The public should have known the risk of our data getting into the hands of US Government officials without our knowledge.

Governments all over the world will now be reassessing their relationship with the United States, and how much they can be trusted as future partners in political and economic co-operation. The UK Government claims that nothing illegal has happened, but how can anybody now trust that this is really the case? The Snowden revelations are a wake-up call for ordinary citizens to question who has access to our information and what it can be used for. It is inevitable that these issues will be discussed in detail for months to come.

It was refreshing to see that the Hong Kong Government turned down the US’s attempt to arrest and extradite Mr Snowden, and this is a good sign for all those who want to stand up to the USA, and to promote human rights and access to the truth. Perhaps, the Hong Kong Government took this decision because they also are angry that the US Government may have been hacking into computers on Hong Kong territory?

For Mr Snowden almost every country in the world is unsafe for him at the moment. There is an extensive web of CIA operatives around the world, which can easily organise a rendition for Snowden back to US soil, or they may even go as far as an assassination attempt. The fact that Mr Snowden chose to fly on an Aeroflot flight to Moscow shows that he has been well informed about the safest route for him to take. Personally I believe Mr Snowden would be best advised to try to stay in Russia and to make a base there, rather than to fly on to a South American country, where for decades the US have had numerous agents and bribed local officials.

Whistle-blowers like Edward Snowden should be protected, because people like him help us all to advance a little way further towards openness and understanding. What the NSA has been up to is more like the nightmarish plot from a bad science-fiction movie.”
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