Snowden in Moscow; Asks for Asylum in Ecuador

Craig Brown @ Common Dreams - Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower sought by US authorities on espionage charges, departed the Chinese territory by commercial airliner on Sunday morning local time and is en route to Moscow, the South China Morning Post reported.

Russia will not be his eventual destination, the report said. The paper quoted Hong Kong's government as saying the 30-year-old left "of his own accord for a third country through a lawful and normal channel".  Read more.