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Please read the post you're responding to again.



The cancellation had no effect on the ability of Venezuela or Russia to permit him to travel.


The part where the plane was forced to land.


Had Snowden been in Evo Morales plane nothing could have been done about it. That plane was extraterratorial.


Sentence four.

Let me spell it out for you: Venezuela and Russia would happily have allowed Snowden to fly, but the US was ready and willing to force down and search any plane that was even suspected of carrying Snowden.


Snowden is just a bargaining chip Russia prefers kept in its own pocket.


Quite possibly, but they never tried to prevent him from flying, so that's irrelevant here.




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