Thursday, August 1, 2013

Edward Snowden leaves airport, gets refugee status in Russia

http://s1.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20130801&t=2&i=756301649&w=&fh=&fw=&ll=460&pl=300&r=CBRE9701AKM00

Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden slipped quietly out of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport this morning after Russia granted him temporary asylum, ending more than a month in limbo in the transit area.

A Russian lawyer who has been assisting Snowden said the American, who is wanted in the United States for leaking details of secret government intelligence programs, had gone to a secure location which would remain secret.

After weeks staying out of sight from hordes of reporters desperate for a glimpse of him, Snowdenmanaged to slip away in a taxi without being spotted. Grainy images of his passport showed he had been granted asylum for a year from July 31.

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