Government of Ecuador: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. #Snowden, Patino, who is on an official visit to Vietnam, said on Twitter, according to The Star. WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson confirmed that Snowden had requested asylum in Ecuador. The anti-secrecy website had earlier said it helped Snowden find political asylum in a democratic country and QUITO Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino said on Sunday that former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden had asked Ecuador for asylum. Patino did not give additional details. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.