It was reported this morning that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden would be allowed to leave the Moscow airport due to Russian documents issued by the Russian Federal Migration Service. I cannot verify at this time if this has actually happened, but hopefully he will be safely in Russian territory with rights of a Russian citizen soon.
Nothing as far as I can tell is finalized, and Snowden’s attorney has stated that the whistleblower will not leave his airport transit zone today.
Edward Snowden’s life would be worthless should he be returned to the U.S., as the most likely scenario would include a suspension of his rights, secret incarceration, brutal interrogation, torture and maybe worse. All these things have now become legal in the fascist oligarchy called America. This happened for the most part without a peep from the citizen sheep.
By now, most know of the treatment of another hero, Bradley Manning, and that he has been locked away in secret for over three years. At best after years of mental and physical abuse by his cowardly captors, he will most likely end up in a military prison after a kangaroo military court prosecution and sentencing.
For these reasons and many more, it would be insane for Edward Snowden to voluntarily turn himself into U.S. authorities or return to the United States. He would be destroyed by the criminal government, its court, and its accommodating torturers in the military.
Even if he is given full asylum in Russia, he will still in my opinion be targeted by the U.S. government. He will be subject to assassination whether by drone or otherwise, and will remain a hunted man. He has told of illegal and criminal activity by the American “sovereign,” and that has angered the ruling elite beyond imagination. My belief is that the U.S. state will stop at nothing to murder him if at all possible!
All those who have any love for liberty can only hope for his life to be spared and his asylum granted.