Snowden's claim that the Vice President of the US is involved in similar political pressure against multiple of the nations Snowden has requested asylum from:
"Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions."
This is obviously political "wheeling and dealing" to interfere with Snowden's right to request asylum.
This is how relations between countries work. They need to be bilateral by definition. Agreements are weighed on a cost benefit ratio. What country wants to continue to be friends with a country that harbors their fugitives?
Snowden's claim that the Vice President of the US is involved in similar political pressure against multiple of the nations Snowden has requested asylum from:
"Yet now it is being reported that after promising not to do so, the President ordered his Vice President to pressure the leaders of nations from which I have requested protection to deny my asylum petitions."
This is obviously political "wheeling and dealing" to interfere with Snowden's right to request asylum.