Russia gives Snowden 1 yr asylum, US blasts Russia

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SNOWDEN REAPPEARS. A photo made available by Human Rights Watch shows former CIA employee-turned whistleblower Edward Snowden at the Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow 12 July 2013. EPA/Tanya Lokshina /Human Rights Watch handout

Russia grants a one year asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden in defiance of the United States. The “temporary asylum” is renewable and allows him to live, work and travel in Russia. The 30 year old ex-CIA has finally left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport where he was left in limbo for months. The Wall Street Journal quotes White House spokesman Jay Carney as saying “We are extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful request [to have him expelled]”. Legislators call it a slap in the face of the Obama administration and called for retaliatory moves. The WSJ says Carney directly acknowledged for the first time that the White House may back out of a September summit meeting in Moscow between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Carney said, “We are evaluating the utility of a summit.” His Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena says “Seeing as he is the most wanted person on earth, he today will also be focusing on questions of his own security.” The WSJ also quotes a US official saying the risk of Snowden “bartering” more confidential information is real. “What does he have to trade to stay there?”

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