'This is world we live in': Snowden heads to Ecuador; Asylum request confirmed via Twitter

Heh. Hey, you really do have to laugh sometimes! It is now being reported that the NSA leaker, Edward Snowden, is bound for Ecuador and that he has requested asylum.

https://twitter.com/amberleedems/status/348853267616366592

Ecuador’s foreign minister broke the news via a tweet: The power of Twitter!

The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. #Snowden

— Ricardo Patiño (@RicardoPatinoEC) June 23, 2013

El gobierno del Ecuador ha recibido solicitud de asilo de parte de Edward #Snowden.

— Ricardo Patiño (@RicardoPatinoEC) June 23, 2013

WikiLeaks confirmed the news via Twitter as well.

WikiLeaks Statement on Edward Snowden political asylum flight http://t.co/6cSiljOD7H

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 23, 2013

https://twitter.com/BigBroCanadaEh/status/348845993917304832

As Twitchy reported, citizens on Twitter called out Snowden for his “grand tour of U.S. adversaries” and totally destroyed the hero narrative with simple questions. Now, they are having a bit of fun with asylum via Twitter:

Ecuadorean foreign minister announces Snowden's request for asylum *on Twitter*. This is the world we now live in.

— James Rutherford (@jtruk) June 23, 2013

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I clearly need to start following the foreign minister of Ecuador on twitter to know what's going on in the world.

— Andrew Goodman (@goodmandrew) June 23, 2013

Hmm. Perhaps President Obama should as well, instead of waiting around to read things on the news, right?

Requesting foreign asylum in Ecuador by way of Twitter? Classy.

— Taylor Ness ⚾️ (@tnessLX) June 23, 2013

Twitter users also offer some serious reminders:

Ecuador Foreign Minister, who announced Snowden asylum request, met with Assange last week in London. http://t.co/mvAbKbNPOD

— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) June 23, 2013

This is what happened this week where Snowden is seeking asylum => "Ecuador Legislature Approves Curbs on News Media http://t.co/vPlJJNSlyN"

— Andrew Johnson (@AndrewE_Johnson) June 23, 2013

Twitchy will continue to monitor this developing story.