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The Snowden Case: Obama Seeks to Calm Tensions

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Published in Le Devoir
(Canada) on 28 June 2013
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Translated from by Alisha Karmali. Edited by Gillian Palmer.
On Thursday, U.S. President Barack Obama tried to calm tensions over the fate of ex-National Security Agency consultant Edward Snowden, who is still believed to be a refugee at the Moscow airport. Russia refuses to deliver him to the United States.

While the case of the former NSA IT consultant has extended even further relations between Washington, Moscow and Beijing, Obama has been trying to cool down the situation.

The president stressed that he had absolutely no intentions of “negotiating and bargaining” with Russia and China.

“I will not send planes to catch a 19-year-old hacker,” Obama declared during a visit to Dakar.

The United States has not yet ceased to demand Snowden’s arrest and extradition since his arrival in Moscow Sunday from Hong Kong. It has also threatened that Russia and China’s relations with Washington will be impacted if they do not cooperate in this matter.


Le président américain, Barack Obama, s’est efforcé jeudi de calmer les tensions autour du sort de l’ex-consultant de la NSA, Edward Snowden, toujours réfugié dans un aéroport de Moscou et que la Russie refuse de livrer aux États-Unis.

Alors que le cas de cet ancien consultant informatique de l’Agence nationale de surveillance américaine (NSA) a tendu encore un peu plus les relations entre Washington, Moscou et Pékin, M. Obama a tenté de dédramatiser la situation.

Il a souligné qu’il n’avait pas l’intention de « manigancer et marchander » avec la Russie et la Chine.

« Je ne vais pas envoyer des avions pour attraper un pirate informatique de 29 ans », a-t-il par ailleurs déclaré lors d’une visite à Dakar.

Les États-Unis n’ont pourtant cessé de réclamer l’arrestation et l’expulsion d’Edward Snowden depuis son arrivée dimanche à Moscou en provenance de Hong-Kong - selon la version officielle russe - et menacé la Russie et la Chine de répercussions dans leurs relations avec Washington.
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