Snowden submits request for asylum in Russia


July 16, 2013 at 10:18a.m.

Snowden submits request for asylum in Russia

MOSCOW (AP)— National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden today submitted a request for temporary asylum in Russia, his lawyer said, claiming he faces persecution from the U.S. government and could face torture or death. WikiLeaks, the secret-spilling site that has been advising Snowden, and Russia’s Federal Migration Service both confirmed the application request. The service is required by law to consider the application within three months, but could do it faster.