Snowden Asks Russia To Extend Political Asylum; NSA Whistleblower Likely To Remain

Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor who leaked a vast trove of classified documents detailing American surveillance practices, has formally asked the Russian government to extend his political asylum, Russian media reported Wednesday. Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, told the Interfax news agency that he submitted the necessary documents to the Moscow branch of the Federal Migration Service in an attempt to extend Snowden's stay in Russia when his initial one-...