Quote Originally Posted by Hanna View Post
America's latest strategy is to try to undermine Snowden's asylum claim by saying that he wouldn't be tortured or executed. That he is eligible for a "limited" US passport, so hence, there is no reason for Russia to give him political asylum.
I think he didn't ask for asylum but rather for temporary asylum. If I understand correctly these are two very different things from legal point of view
It is much easier to get temporary asylum in terms of time and substantiations but at the same time you are very limited in your rights in particular country that grants you the temporary asylum