Iceland: ‘informal talks’ about Snowden asylum


June 19, 2013 at 1:24p.m.

Iceland: ‘informal talks’ about Snowden asylum

STOCKHOLM (AP) —A WikiLeaks spokesman who claims to represent Edward Snowden has reached out to government officials in Iceland about the potential of the NSA leaker applying for asylum in the Nordic country, officials there said today. Johannes Skulason, an Icelandic government official, told The Associated Press that WikiLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson had held informal talks with assistants at the Interior Ministry and the prime minister’s office.