US readies for Snowden asylum sanctions
US sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden advanced in Congress yesterday as the 30-year-old National Security Agency leaker remained in a Moscow airport while Russia weighed a request for him to stay permanently. Ref. Source 5
Attorney General Holder tells Russia the United States won't seek the death penalty for NSA leaker Edward Snowden. Ref. USAToday
Snowden's father rails at Congress, Obama
The father of fugitive US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden today criticised Congress for failing to rein in a sweeping surveillance program made public by his son and accused the Obama administration of pursuing him with a "Zeal to punish." Ref. Source 9
Russia won't extradite Snowden to US - Kremlin:
Moscow says security agency FSB is in talks with the FBI over Snowden. But the whistleblower will not be extradited to the US, a Kremlin spokesman said, adding he's sure the fugitive NSA contractor will stop harming Washington if granted asylum in Russia. Ref. Source 6
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Wow, I didn't expect this. I thought he would seek asylum in Ecuador, I wonder how the US would react about the news.
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