Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The U.S. government has expressed deep disappointment over Russia’s decision to grant asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, the BBC reports.
The White House is considering a number of moves to express that disappointment, including canceling a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We’re extremely disappointed that the Russian government would take this step despite our very clear and lawful requests in public and in private to have Mr Snowden expelled to the United States to face the charges against him,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney. “We’re evaluating the utility of a summit in light of this and other issues.”
Snowden walked out of Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport Thursday with a gray shirt and a dark backpack, the Guardian reported.
“The Snowden story has exposed the impotence of 21st-century US power,” the Guardian wrote.
