Edward Snowden granted temporary asylum in Russia

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By Jim Maceda and Alastair Jamieson, NBC News

MOSCOW, Russia - NSA leaker Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia and has left the Moscow airport where he has been stranded for more than a month, his lawyer said.
An airport representative told Reuters that the former intelligence contractor had already crossed through the immigration line and left the airport.
Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said he wouldn't disclose the fugitive's whereabouts for security reasons.
WikiLeaks also posted on Twitter that Snowden had left the airport.

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Edward Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia for a year and has now left Moscow airport under the care of WikiLeaks' Sarah Harrison

"We would like to thank the Russian people and all those others who have helped to protect Mr. Snowden," it said in a tweet.
"We have won the battle -- now the war."
Reuters contributed to this report.
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