re: #163 jdoc1357

Because Snowden is a refugee outside of US territory who has explicitly requested political asylum. This entitles him to have his requests heard and decided upon through a legal process before being sent anywhere.

According to who or what?

It would be in violation of international law and conventions regarding asylum seekers. That is, he is legally entitled to the asylum process, and the US is demanding that Russia instead grab him and send him to the US with no process (extraordinary rendition).

Is Russia signatory to these treaties? Has he actually applied for asylum?

And no, extraordinary rendition is done by the US in other countries, not by diplomatically requesting that that person be sent to us. That’s just regular ol’ rendition.