{"article":{"id":260897,"heading":"Snowden's Asylum Quest","author":"Stephen Lendman","created":"2013-07-14 20:52:53","modified":"2013-11-11 01:12:04","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:12:04","article":"<p>Snowden's Asylum Quest  <br><br> by Stephen Lendman <br><br> Snowden reflects the best of heroic activism. He acted responsibly. He did the right thing. He committed no crimes. He knew the risks and took them.  <br><br> Few would do as much. Legions more are needed. Maybe he'll inspire others to come forward. Today they're more than ever needed. <br><br> He sacrificed financial security, personal freedom and well-being. He did so to expose serious US high crimes. Potentially everyone's harmed everywhere. Millions worldwide support him. Everyone should.  <br><br> On Friday, he met with representatives from 13 human rights organizations. He did so in Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport transit area. It was closed to the press. <br><br> The meeting lasted 45 minutes. It began with Snowden saying: <br><br> \"Hello. My name is Ed Snowden,\" he said. \"A little over one month ago, I had family, a home in paradise, and I lived in great comfort.\"  <br><br> \"I also had the capability without any warrant to search for, seize, and read your communications.\"  <br><br> \"Anyone<\/p>\n","contact":"lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net","link":"sjlendman.blogspot.com","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Snowden","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2013\/07\/260897.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}