Update 10:42AM: There has been a request to include a link to Snowden's letter: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/...
This poll/diary is in response to a AP/HuffPost Story from this morning. Regardless of when Snowden actually asked for asylum, I am still interested in seeing the results.
Earlier today a letter by Snowden to the government of Brazil was released. Snowden requested asylum in return for helping Brazil investigate NSA spying in Brazil. So far there has been limited comment by the Brazilian government.
HuffPost: Edward Snowden Pens 'Open Letter' Offering To Help Brazil Investigate U.S. Spying
By BRADLEY BROOKS 12/17/13 07:57 AM
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in a lengthy "open letter to the people of Brazil" that he's been inspired by the global debate ignited by his release of thousands of National Security Agency documents, and that the NSA's culture of indiscriminate global espionage "is collapsing."...
In the letter, released widely online, Snowden commended the Brazilian government for its strong stand against U.S. spying....
He said he'd be willing to help the South American nation investigate NSA spying on its soil, but could not fully participate in doing so without being granted political asylum, because the U.S. "government will continue to interfere with my ability to speak."...
The documents revealed that Brazil is the top NSA target in Latin America, spying that has included the monitoring of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's cellphone and hacking into the internal network of state-run oil company Petrobras.
Several members of Brazil's congress have called for Snowden to receive asylum, so that he could assist lawmakers' investigation into NSA activity
The Snowden letter was first published Tuesday in a Portuguese translation by the Folha de S. Paulo newspaper. The AP later obtained the original English version.