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As of July 6, 2013, Nicaraguan President [[Daniel Ortega]] and Venezuelan President [[Nicolas Maduro]] had offered asylum to Snowden.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23201774/</ref>

As of July 6, 2013, Nicaraguan President [[Daniel Ortega]] and Venezuelan President [[Nicolas Maduro]] had offered asylum to Snowden.<ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23201774/</ref>

Snowden is a [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]]<ref>http://www.salon.com/2013/06/10/edward_snowden_a_libertarian_hero/</ref> and a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]].<ref>http://world.time.com/2013/08/02/7-things-edward-snowden-should-do-in-russia/</ref> Although he has claimed to have fought for freedom of speech, he nonetheless ignored that Ecuador was also practicing massive surveillance measures.<ref>http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2013/07/10/assange-snowden-greenwald-strangely-silent-on-ecuador-s-sweeping-new-media-laws/</ref> He was later revealed by [[Vladimir Putin]] to be a Russian agent.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130830025327/http://usasurvival.org/ck08.28.13.html#axzz4iPWArPS7]</ref> In addition, the left wing professor and Weather Underground terrorist [[Bill Ayers]] on March 12, 2016, when tweeting his dining room altar of revolutionary heroes (many of which included the likes of Vladimir Lenin, Malcolm X, Karl Marx and Che Guevara), included a picture of Snowden that thanked him.<ref>https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-npXRy-gk7h0/VubGodMyb2I/AAAAAAABcSI/u2v2I4Cf-4A/s1600-h/bill%252520ayers%25255B4%25255D.png</ref>

Snowden is a [[Libertarianism|Libertarian]]<ref>http://www.salon.com/2013/06/10/edward_snowden_a_libertarian_hero/</ref> and a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]].<ref>http://world.time.com/2013/08/02/7-things-edward-snowden-should-do-in-russia/</ref> Although he has claimed to have fought for freedom of speech, he nonetheless ignored that Ecuador was also practicing massive surveillance measures.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2013/07/10/assange-snowden-greenwald-strangely-silent-on-ecuador-s-sweeping-new-media-laws/</ref> He was later revealed by [[Vladimir Putin]] to be a Russian agent.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130830025327/http://usasurvival.org/ck08.28.13.html#axzz4iPWArPS7]</ref> In addition, the left wing professor and Weather Underground terrorist [[Bill Ayers]] on March 12, 2016, when tweeting his dining room altar of revolutionary heroes (many of which included the likes of Vladimir Lenin, Malcolm X, Karl Marx and Che Guevara), included a picture of Snowden that thanked him.<ref>https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-npXRy-gk7h0/VubGodMyb2I/AAAAAAABcSI/u2v2I4Cf-4A/s1600-h/bill%252520ayers%25255B4%25255D.png</ref>

==Political reaction==

==Political reaction==

[[File:Snowden hero.jpg|thumb|Activist in New York's Union Square, June 10, 2013.]]

[[File:Snowden hero.jpg|thumb|Activist in New York's Union Square, June 10, 2013.]]

[[John Boehner]] called Snowden a "traitor" who committed a "giant violation of the law" that put Americans at risk.<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/11/boehner-describes-nsa-leaker-traitor/#ixzz2WBqMieaD Boehner describes NSA leaker as 'traitor']</ref> Numerous other high-ranking officials have hawkishly demanded his extradition from the [[People's Republic of China]]. From China, however, reactions have been supportive, with calls by politicians, and various civil liberties organizations, to implore [[Beijing]] to block extradition attempts, on grounds of national security.

[[John Boehner]] called Snowden a "traitor" who committed a "giant violation of the law" that put Americans at risk.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/11/boehner-describes-nsa-leaker-traitor/#ixzz2WBqMieaD Boehner describes NSA leaker as 'traitor']</ref> Numerous other high-ranking officials have hawkishly demanded his extradition from the [[People's Republic of China]]. From China, however, reactions have been supportive, with calls by politicians, and various civil liberties organizations, to implore [[Beijing]] to block extradition attempts, on grounds of national security.

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