[TheRealThing]

Moscow (CNN) -- The White House is "very disappointed" that National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has been granted temporary asylum in Russia.
Snowden has legal status in Russia for one year, his Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said earlier Thursday, adding that his client has left the Moscow airport. Hours later White House spokesman Jay Carney spoke about the news in a press conference.
The United States is reconsidering a planned meeting between President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin next month in Moscow before a G-20 gathering in St. Petersburg, he said. "We are evaluating the utility of a summit."
In an interview with state-run Russia 24, Kucherena said that Russia "didn't have a choice" in granting his client asylum.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/01/us/nsa-sno...?hpt=hp_t2

this should become a bigger issue between the US and Russia but it will not

It would be hilarious if not such a serious indication of how lowly America is esteemed among the nations since Obama's arrival. The fact that Obama is "very disappointed" has Putin shaking in his boots I'm sure. :eyeroll: