After living in a Moscow airport since June, National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden began his temporary asylum Thursday by staying with Americans in the Russian capital whom he met earlier on the Internet, his attorney said. "He hasn't met them. He was in touch with them online," Snowden's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said. "He made a lot of friends here -- and great for him that those Americans who live here and found about his situation and were in touch with him," Kucherena said. Sought by American authorities, Snowden is putting high emphasis on his security now that he can roam freely in Russia, Kucherena said. "His safety is very important for him, so of course when he was thinking about where to stay he realized who surrounds him is very important," Kucherena said. "He's concerned about life and health because he believes that people from the American intelligence service are chasing him. This is a superpower. And the statements made by the state department recently are threatening to him." Read more http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/01/us/nsa-snowden/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
