Snowden Offers to Help Brazil on U.S. Surveillance in Exchange for Asylum

On December 18, 2013, the media revealed that Edward J. Snowden, the former contractor for the National Security Agency now living temporarily in Russia, has sent an “open letter” published in the Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo, stating that he was prepared to assist Brazilian investigations into U.S. espionage in Brazil, but could not speak freely until Brazil granted him permanent political asylum, which he requested from Brazil months ago.[1]