President Flippant flop: Obama tries to downplay pesky ‘hacker’ Snowden and fails

…breaking? RT @BreakingNews: President Obama says he will not send US jets to intercept Snowden when he travels next – @Reuters

— Rainbow Stalin (@RBStalin) June 27, 2013

Obama said the US won't engage in 'wheeling, dealing and trading' to get Snowden extradited

— Patrick McPartlin (@p_mcpartlin) June 27, 2013

Obama to @MajorCBS " “No I am not gonna be scrambling jets to get a 29 year old hacker” #Snowden

— Mosheh Oinounou (@Mosheh) June 27, 2013

No, he's a leaker. RT @jonkarl: Interesting that President Obama calls Snowden "a hacker" — Is that what he is?

— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) June 27, 2013

RT @danmericaCNN: Obama downplays Snowden's importance. "I’m not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year old hacker," he says.

— Raphael Gluck ツ (@einfal) June 27, 2013

Stymied? "@AP: BREAKING: Obama says he won't engage in "wheeling, dealing and trading" to get Snowden extradited to the US

— Cate Long (@cate_long) June 27, 2013

@chucktodd Obama's first rule on not talking about Snowden is talking about Snowden.

— Ollie (@texasollie) June 27, 2013

Headlines you reap when you're flippant. RT @AFP: #BREAKING Obama: US will not try to intercept flights carrying NSA leaker Snowden

— Cuffé (@CuffyMeh) June 27, 2013

Oh, he knows what he did. RT @BrianHughesDC: Obama says he hasn't called Putin to ask for Snowden because he "shouldn't have to."

— Noah Rothman (@NoahCRothman) June 27, 2013

So… rely on Vlad's kindness? MT @AP: Obama says he won't engage in "wheeling, dealing and trading" to get Snowden extradited to the US

— Spencer Ackerman (@attackerman) June 27, 2013

You'd have to know where he was 1st “@DavidNakamura: Obama: "I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker." #Snowden”

— Michelle McCormick (@TexMex817) June 27, 2013

No wonder rest of world doesn't take him seriously (AP) – Obama says won't engage in `wheeling, dealing & trading' to get Snowden extradited

— Marooned in Marin (@MaroonedInMarin) June 27, 2013

Snowden is 30 RT @sinderbrand Obama: "no, I'm not going to be scrambling jets to get a 29-year-old hacker"

— Jon Swaine (@jonswaine) June 27, 2013