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2013-06-22 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2013-06-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Clearly Snowden is Penn State proud.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-06-22 00:47|| 2013-06-22 00:47|| Front Page Top

#2 Lets add an "Insult to the Glorious Leader" to the charges.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2013-06-22 02:51|| 2013-06-22 02:51|| Front Page Top

#3 The 30-year-old intelligence analyst revealed himself June 9 as the leaker

I thought he was an IT geek? There is a difference.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-06-22 04:46|| 2013-06-22 04:46|| Front Page Top

#4 So, when are they going to get around to doing the same for the management/editorial team of the NYT? IIRC they released info on intel TTP* during the Bush Administration. Oh, wait, they're Obamanauts. Nothing to see here.

Techniques, Tactics, Procedures

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-06-22 08:32|| 2013-06-22 08:32|| Front Page Top

#5 ...said the officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the case.

I wonder who believes that(copy-paste)statement

Posted by Willy 2013-06-22 08:52|| 2013-06-22 08:52|| Front Page Top

#6 Snowden might be heading for Iceland. Iceland bound? Snowden out to be careful. He might get hit by an imbibing driver while stepping off a curb in Reykjavik. It's hard to get lost in today's world after being a whistle- blower.

Posted by JohnQC 2013-06-22 11:04|| 2013-06-22 11:04|| Front Page Top

#7 How do you get from Hong Kong to Iceland in a private plane without stopping somewhere for gas? It is like 6000 miles on the straight route, which crosses through airspace of Russia, Mongolia, and Norway.

http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=HKG-kef&MS=wls&DU=mi

I bet one of those countries would be happy to "interview" this guy for a while.

Posted by rammer 2013-06-22 12:34|| 2013-06-22 12:34|| Front Page Top

#8 How do you get from Hong Kong to Iceland in a private plane without stopping somewhere for gas? It is like 6000 miles on the straight route, which crosses through airspace of Russia, Mongolia, and Norway.

That is all part of the flight planning. You are going to have to avoid territory potential hostile to you. You will have to make sure that you have landing rights. Once you have filed an ICAO flight plan you will be followed, and I imagine by US govt assets. Also, you will probably have to avoid North Atlantic airspace under US control. I would imagine changing planes and other diversions would be in order.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-06-22 22:08|| 2013-06-22 22:08|| Front Page Top

#9 The Achille Lauro hijackers thought they were safe flying too.

Posted by Procopius2k 2013-06-22 22:21|| 2013-06-22 22:21|| Front Page Top

#10 If it were me, I'd do everything that AP has suggested..... then take a very slow boat [or two] with my pole dancing girl friend instead. Imagine the surprise at the first refueling stop.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-06-22 22:22|| 2013-06-22 22:22|| Front Page Top

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