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>> NOW, THREE COUNTRIES HAVE NOW
EXTENDED OFFERS OF ASYLUM TO
EDWARD SNOWDEN, THE MAN NSA
LEAKS.
BOLIVIA JUST ADDED ITS NAME TO
THE LIST TODAY.
THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT CALLED
IT FAIR AND THE COUNTRY'S
RESTRICTED HIS FLIGHT THIS WEEK
OUT OF CONCERN HE WAS ON BOARD.
YESTERDAY, NICARAGUA SAID THEY
WOULD OVER ASYLUM AND VENEZUELA
GAVE SNOWDEN THE OKAY.
>> FREDRICKA, THE PRESIDENT OF
VENEZUELA HAS SAID THAT HE WOULD
BE WILLING TO TAKE EDWARD
SNOWDEN IN.
OF COURSE, THE GOVERNMENT OF
VENEZUELA IS VERY ANTAGONISTIC.
THEY FROM THE BEGINNING HAVE
BEEN SYMPATHETIC TO EDWARD
SNOWDEN, SO IN A SPEECH LATE
LAST NIGHT, HE TOLD SUPPORTERS
THAT HE WOULD BE WILLING TO
ALLOW EDWARD SNOWDEN TO COME TO
VENEZUELA AND TO GIVE HIM
ASYLUM.
>> Translator: I ANNOUNCED TO
THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE FRIENDLY
NATIONS IN THE WORLD THAT WE
HAVE DECIDEDED TO OFFER THE
INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RIGHT
TO ASYLUM TO PROTECT THIS YOUNG
EDWARD SNOWDEN FROM THE
PERSECUTION THAT HAS BEEN
UNLEASHED FROM THE MOST POWERFUL
IMPERIALIST IN THE WORLD AGAINST
THE YOUNG MAN WHO ONLY SPOKE THE
TRUTH.
>> NOW, VENEZUELA IS ONE OF THE
ONLY COUNTRIES WILL BE TO GIVE
HIM ASYLUM.
IT LOOKS AS THOUGH THERE MIGHT
BE SOME LIGHT AT THE END OF THE
TUNNEL TO THIS WHOLE SAGA.
ANOTHER COUNTRY THAT'S COME OUT
AND SAID THEY MIGHT BE WILLING
TO LET HIM IN IS NICARAGUA.
OTHERWISE THOUGH, MOST COUNTRIES
THAT HE'S APPLIED TO HAVE
ALREADY SAID THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO LET HIM IN ON TECHNICAL
GROUNDS OR MERITS.
THE BIG QUESTION IS NOW
LODGISTICS.
WHAT CAN THAT HAPPEN?
THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR AND
HOW.
IS HE GOING TO TAKE A COMMERCIAL
FLIGHT POSSIBLY HERE FROM RUSSIA
TO CUBA AND THEN TO VENEZUELA?
THE NEXT FLIGHT WOULD LEAVE
SOMETIME AROUND NOON TOMORROW
LOCAL TIME.
SO WE'LL WAIT AND SEE WHETHER OR
NOT HE'S GOING TO BE ON THAT
FLIGHT, WHETHER OR NOT HE'S
GOING TO HAVE THE NECESSARY
TRAVEL DOCUMENTS.
CERTAINLY, THE RUSSIANS WILL BE
HAPPY TO HEAR THIS, THEY HAVE
BEEN GETTING MORE ANTSY BY THE
DAY.
IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THEY'RE
UNCOMFORTABLE WITH SNOWDEN'S
PRESENCE HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS A BIG
PROBLEM FOR PUTIN AT THIS TIME
IS THAT HE CAN'T HAND HIM OVER
TO THE U.S. BECAUSE THAT WOULD
CAUSE HUMILIATION HERE IN
RUSSIA, BUT ALSO, HE CAN'T
REALLY LET THIS DRAG ON FOR A
LONG TIME AND RISK THREATENING
THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HE HAS
WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.