Eric Snowden asks Russia for asylum

Eric Snowden

The Interfax news agency says a Russian consular official has confirmed that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden asked for political asylum in Russia.

The duty officer at the Russian Foreign Ministry's consular office in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport says that Snowden's representative, Sarah Harrison, handed over his request Sunday.

Snowden has been stuck in limbo for a week as his passport was cancelled by the US and Ecuador, where he was thought to be heading, apparently has not offered the shelter he's seeking.

(via Yahoo News)