Secret-spilling website WikiLeaks says NSA leaker Edward Snowden
has put in asylum applications to six new countries as his effort to
find refuge from American prosecution falters.Snowden is believed to be stuck in a Moscow airport transit area and
has already sought asylum from more than 20 countries, including
Venezuela and Ecuador. Many have since turned him down.
President
Barack Obama has publicly displayed a relaxed attitude toward the
leaker's movements, but the drama surrounding the flight of Bolivian
President Evo Morales — whose plane was abruptly rerouted to Austria
over suspicions Snowden was aboard — suggests that pressure is being
applied behind the scenes.
WikiLeaks said in a message posted to
Twitter on Friday that it would not be identifying the countries
involved "due to attempted U.S. interference."
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