Posted by : Unknown Thursday, August 1, 2013

He was previously in the transit zone at Sheremetyevo Airport, but is now in Russian territory waiting for his temporary asylum from the government.



August 1, 2013 5:25 AM PDT



Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden


(Credit: The Guardian/Screenshot by CNET)

National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden left the Moscow airport he's been staying in for over the last month, according to a new report.


Snowden's attorney, Anatoly Kucherena, told the BBC on Thursday that his client received the papers required for his safe passage into Russian territory. Since the end of June, Snowden has been holed up in the transit zone of the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, effectively outside the reach of any government.


Last week, Snowden was offered by the Russian government the opportunity to leave the airport as he awaits a temporary asylum ruling. In order for Snowden to have safe passage from Russia to one of the South American countries that have offered him full asylum, he needs Russia to give him temporary asylum. The U.S. has revoked his passport after charging him with espionage for leaking classified NSA information.


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