WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino

Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino: The whistle-blowing former U.S. intelligence contractor was last seen in Hong Kong, reportedly landed in Moscow , and is believed to be on his way to following WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to refuge in Ecuador, according to The Star. Ecuador didnt say Monday whether it would accept Snowdens plea. But Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino praised him for disclosing the U.S. surveillance program and said Ecuador was free to exercise its sovereignty as it saw fit in the matter, the Washington Post reported and The mystery of Edward Snowden s whereabouts deepened Monday, after a flight from Moscow to Cuba landed with an empty seat booked in his name . Assange is confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London. But he says Snowden is safe and has applied for asylum in Ecuador, Iceland and other countries. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.