This whole thing is such a farce. Ecuador doesn't care about human rights, and the US doesn't care that its enemies know that it's spying on them. It's diplomacy in the service of directing embarrassment.
This reaffirms my belief that the US chasing Snowden is a bad idea solely because it demonstrates the lack of soft & hard power the US has on the international stage these days.<p>While people may not notice this small act I feel it's kinda what the US deserves in this instance.
If Assange or Snowden were Ecuadorian and would have exposed ecuadorian secrets, they would be in jail.
Our government does not pratice what it preaches!!!
Granting asylum to people like Assange and Snowden is just good publicity for them and distracts attention from what really is going on here.