National Security Agency: Barack Obama

Barack Obama: BURBANK, Calif. - President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was "disappointed" that Russia had granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying Obama administration demands that the former government contractor be sent back to the U.S. to face espionage charges. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. "There have been times where they slip back into Cold War thinking and a Cold War mentality," Obama said during an interview with NBC's "The Tonight Show." President Barack Obama talks with Jay Leno during a commercial break during the taping of his appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in Los Angeles, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2013. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin Obama, in his first comments about Snowden since Russia's decision last week, said the move reflected the "underlying challenges" he faces in dealing with Moscow. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.