BRASILIA: Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview that he has applied for asylum in Brazil. <\/p>\n
\"I would love to live in Brazil,\" Snowden told Brazil's Globo TV on Sunday. <\/p>\n
Snowden's temporary asylum in Russia expires in August. Washington has revoked his US passport, so his travel options are limited. <\/p>\n
Snowden, who was interviewed with reporter Glenn Greenwald by his side, said that he has formally asked several countries for asylum, including Brazil. <\/p>\n
Greenwald is an American living in Brazil. He writes for The Guardian and has published much of the information that Snowden has leaked. <\/p>\n
Brazil's foreign ministry however has said that it has received no formal asylum request from Snowden. <\/p>\n
In the interview Snowden said that he would not offer documents to any country in exchange for a safe haven, because asylum should be granted for humanitarian reasons. <\/p>\n
However he said that he had more documents to release relating to US spying on countries that include Britain and Brazil. <\/p>\n
When documents he released last year showed that US agencies had been spying on Brazil, President Dilma Rousseff cancelled a state visit to Washington. <\/p>\n
In an earlier interview with NBC Snowden said that he was open to the possibility of clemency or amnesty, and would like to return home one day. <\/p>\n
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