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UPDATES below the post. Multiple outlets are reporting that NSA leaker Edward Snowden has accepted asylum in Venezuela, and the news is spreading like wildfire.  But there doesn't seem to be reliable confirmation of this news, as most reports appear to be based on a single source - a Russian lawmaker who deleted his relevant tweet. I've been monitoring this for the last two hours and was waiting for actual confirmation, but the news cycle doesn't appear to want to wait. Here's how it's all gone down on Twitter so far. Make sure you read to the end. Several news outlets tweeted earlier today that Snowden had accepted asylum in Venezuela, based on a tweet from Alexey Pushkov, a Russian lawmaker close to the Kremlin. https://twitter.com/AP/status/354609751511924736 https://twitter.com/AFP/status/354607382564835329 https://twitter.com/ReutersWorld/status/354610306347053057 Shortly thereafter however, that lawmaker’s tweet was memory holed. https://twitter.com/b_fung/status/354610393261412352