Yet Assange is the one that got him to Russia, knowing he had no passport. He gave him into the hands of the Russians.
Via NY Post:
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today blamed the United States for leaving spy-secrets leaker Edward Snowden “marooned” in a Moscow airport by cancelling his passport.
“The United States by canceling his passport has left him for the moment marooned in Russia,” Assange told ABC’s “This Week.”
“To take someone’s principal conveyance of citizenship, their passport, away from them is a disgrace. Since Snowden hasn’t been convicted of anything, there are no international warrants out for his arrest – to take a passport from a young man in a difficult situation is a disgrace,” he said.
Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadoran Embassy in London to avoid extradition to the US for his leaking crusade, said he has “personal sympathy for Mr. Snowden.”