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Snowden wants asylum in Russia, ready to meet condition not to damage US
Get short URL Published time: July 12, 2013 13:21
Edited time: July 12, 2013 20:12
US National Security Agency (NSA) fugitive leaker Edward Snowden (C) during a meeting with rights activists, with among them Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks (L), at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, on July 12, 2013 (Tanya Lokshina / Human Rights Watch). Video courtesy: Rossiya 24 TV channel
NSA leaker & former CIA employee Edward Snowden has asked for political asylum in Russia, saying he could not fly to Latin America, according to human rights activists who met the whistleblower at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
According to Tatyana Lokshina of Human Rights Watch, Snowden seeks to stay in Russia as he “can’t fly to Latin America yet.”
When asked if the NSA leaker has any more revelations, Lokshina responded: “He says that his job is done.”
Human Rights Watch deputy director Tanya Lokshina (C) speaks to journalists after arriving at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow July 12, 2013 (Reuters / Tatyana Makeyeva)
Snowden asked the human rights activists to petition the US and European states not to interfere with his asylum process, she said. The former NSA contractor also asked to intervene with President Putin on his behalf, Lokshina added.
Snowden said he is ready to ask Russia for political asylum and that he “does not intend to harm the US,” according to Russian State Duma MP Vyacheslav Nikonov.
“No actions I take or plan are meant to harm the US... I want the US to succeed,” Snowden said.
Get short URL Published time: July 12, 2013 13:21
Edited time: July 12, 2013 20:12
US National Security Agency (NSA) fugitive leaker Edward Snowden (C) during a meeting with rights activists, with among them Sarah Harrison of WikiLeaks (L), at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, on July 12, 2013 (Tanya Lokshina / Human Rights Watch). Video courtesy: Rossiya 24 TV channel
NSA leaker & former CIA employee Edward Snowden has asked for political asylum in Russia, saying he could not fly to Latin America, according to human rights activists who met the whistleblower at Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport.
According to Tatyana Lokshina of Human Rights Watch, Snowden seeks to stay in Russia as he “can’t fly to Latin America yet.”
When asked if the NSA leaker has any more revelations, Lokshina responded: “He says that his job is done.”
Human Rights Watch deputy director Tanya Lokshina (C) speaks to journalists after arriving at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow July 12, 2013 (Reuters / Tatyana Makeyeva)
Snowden asked the human rights activists to petition the US and European states not to interfere with his asylum process, she said. The former NSA contractor also asked to intervene with President Putin on his behalf, Lokshina added.
Snowden said he is ready to ask Russia for political asylum and that he “does not intend to harm the US,” according to Russian State Duma MP Vyacheslav Nikonov.
“No actions I take or plan are meant to harm the US... I want the US to succeed,” Snowden said.
