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[StephanieVanbryce]

And ... ;) __Another day goes by with Snowden 'living' in the Russian 'transit' zone... rotfl..........

I know I'm awful, Hookrider I just can't stand this guy.. AND it looks like yes, he is going to get used to some very good or very bad Vodka (depending) on how his keepers 'keep' him ...meaning 'living the 'high life' ... or .... living on the cheap. ... We'll see.......

4.00pm BST

As, according to his adviser, Snowden will not be leaving we are wrapping up our coverage now. Thank you for all your comments.

3.53pm BST

Anatoly Kucherena, the Russian lawyer advising Snowden, said that the NSA whistleblower is staying in the transit zone "for now" and "intends to stay in Russia, study Russian culture," AP reports. Kucherena said that migration officials are still looking at the asylum request and that the process had been drawn out.

Kucherena seems to have implied that Snowden, who withdrew a request for permanent asylum in Russia at the beginning of July, could remain in the country for good. It was assumed that applying for temporary asylum in Russia was a stop-gap before hopefully travelling on to South America (easier said than done), where Bolivia, Nicaragua and Venezuela have said they would offer him asylum. Kucherena told Rossiya 24:

He is not planning to leave for now. He asked for temporary asylum, which in the case of a positive decision, is granted for a term of one year. Currently his final country of destination is Russia.

In comments to Russia Today, Kucherena said:

He’s planning to arrange his life here [Russia]. He [Snowden] plans to get a job. And, I think, that all his further decisions will be made considering the situation he found himself in.

Kucherena said he was talking to migration officials "on a daily basis".

3.12pm BST Snowden's temporary asylum request is still undecided and he is to remain in Sheremetyevo airport's transit zone for now, Reuters is reporting, citing the whistleblower's lawyer.

..............ah jeeeze, another night in transit zone for him ... I'm thinking rot gut.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/24/edward-snowden-moscow-airport-live

Personally I don't like any of them .. Bradley Manning I had the absolute MOST empathy/sympathy and compassion for as he was so so very young .... but the rest of these mistakes for human beings? ... Forget about them! .......live here, enjoy the good life .. walk out .. with secrets ... Don't PAY! .... forget you! ... damn criminals and then they think they can breake the laws and NOT PAY the PRICE! ... for the precious FREEDOM We GAVE THEM! .. to BREAK the damn laws .. ! .. oh ......they're such fakes .. .. they're simply attention whores who never had a thing going for them anyway, anywhere in their lives ... cripes ... .;) yeah I know assange didn't live here .. but he damn sure made his money off of mannings ass now, didn't he? .. O.K. .. I'll stop for the day ... ;)