NEW YORK: Former US National Security worker Edward Snowden, wanted by US authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a TV interview broadcast here that he has applied for asylum in Brazil.

Snowden told Brazil’s Globo TV on Sunday since the US had revoked his passport his options are limited. His temporary asylum in Russia runs out in August, he said.

Snowden, who was interviewed with reporter Glenn Greenwald by his side, said that he had formally asked several countries for asylum, including Brazil.

Greenwald is an American living in Brazil. He writes for The Guardian and has published much of the information that Snowden has leaked.

Brazil’s foreign ministry, however, has said that it has received no formal asylum request from Snowden.

Snowden has said that he had more documents to release relating to US spying on countries that include Britain and Brazil.

Published in Dawn, June 3rd, 2014