it s an older party and they re dying. that s going to continue through the years and decades. all right. we want to get to the latest on the adventures of edward snowden. india rejecting snowden s request for asylum, one of 20 countries he s applied to according to wikileaks. he s stuck in a moscow airport and withdrawn his request for asylum in russia. this comes after putin said he would be welcomed in his country only under one condition, stop hurting our american partners by publishing classified documents. former president bush who put many of the nsa programs in place spoke about the threat snowden poses to the u.s. i know he damaged the country. the obama administration will deal with that. do you think it s possible for one man to damage the security of the nation? i think he damaged the security of the country. i put the program in place to protect the country and one of the certainties is civil liberties were guaranteed.
out as he continues to leak highly classified information about the u.s. government surveillance programs. snowden, who is stuck with a moscow airport, has withdrawn his request for asylum in russia. russia would take him as long as he stopped hurting our american partners. in a letter posted on wikileaks, he says they are blocking his right for asylum saying the obama administration is not afraid of whistleblowers. the obama administration is afraid of you. an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised and it it should be. snowden has written a letter to the president of ecuador thanking the country for allowing him to remain free and publish information that serves the public interest. george wush who put many of the nsa programs in place spoke about the threat snowden posed