White House spokesperson Jay Carney said the administration’s position on the leaker remains that he should be extradited to the US to face charges of espionage. “Our position on Mr. Snowden and the felony charges against him and our belief that he ought to be returned to the United States to face those felony charges is as it was,” Carney told reporters during a White House briefing. Earlier in the day, Snowden announced that he was officially seeking asylum from Russia. He has been awarded asylum from a number of Latin American countries, but flight restrictions have left him unable to exist the transit lounge within an airport in Moscow. °jw°
Posted on: Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:04:05 +0000