Ecuador: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: Rafael Correa, in a weekly television address, offered little sympathy for the Obama administration's view that Snowden is a criminal who should be swiftly returned to the U.S. At the same time, he vowed to seek American input on any asylum request and suggested Snowden will have to answer for his actions, according to Times Colonist. Julian Assange, founder of the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, has been given asylum in Ecuador's embassy in London and WASHINGTON - Vice-President Joe Biden has asked Ecuador to turn down an asylum request from National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, the country's president said Saturday. The Friday phone call between Correa and Biden it's the highest-level conversation between the U.S. and Ecuador to be disclosed since Snowden began seeking asylum added to the confusion about Snowden's status. Facing espionage charges in the U.S., Snowden is believed to be holed up in a Moscow airport's transit zone and seeking safe passage to Ecuador, the country seen as likeliest to shelter America's most wanted fugitive. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.