NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has blasted the Obama administration and announced that he actually had more details to release, even though it turned out that his relations with states who initially backed him appeared increasingly strained.
Quite a few Russians leaving the country these days have been looking for Snowden in a transit area at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport with the only intention to help, but the terminal seems to be too huge. Anyway, Edward is still believed to be staying there while asking for asylum in a number of countries – Russia, Brazil, China, India and Ireland.
Snowden has released a statement on WikiLeaks, accusing the United States of deception in a campaign to prevent him from finding political asylum along with leaving him a stateless person by revoking his passport of the United States. He said that he was free and was able to continue publishing details that serve the public interest. But he seems to believe that some American spooks are going to bump him off. Snowden claimed that regardless of the number of days he has left, he remains dedicated to the fight for justice. If any of those days ahead realize a contribution to the common good, everyone will have the principles of Ecuador to thank.
However, at the moment his relationship with Ecuador is being tested – the matter is that the government, which earlier offered him a temporary travel pass, now says that Snowden can only get asylum when he gets to Ecuador – a government representative admitted that giving him a temporary travel pass to fly to Moscow was a mistake and that Snowden was now problem of Russia and Ecuador was no longer responsible for getting Edward to Ecuador. In his statement, Snowden accused US president for pressing Ecuador to turn him away and of depriving him of his family and freedom to travel.
The most interesting part is that Russian President Vladimir Putin said Snowden could stay in Russia if he stops harming the US. In response, Snowden supporters argued that it is not the US in general he is harming, but its secretive spying organizations. They also admit that the best course for Putin is to say that the country isn’t working with Snowden, but still has no intention of handing him over to the US. Putin confirmed that Russia has never given up anyone to anybody and is not going to.