BREAKING Snowden has Agreed to Venezuela's Offer of Asylum

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UPDATE 1

Via The Hill:

NSA leaker Edward Snowden has accepted Venezuela's offer of asylum, a key Russian lawmaker tweeted Tuesday. 

Alexei Pushkov, the chairman of Russian Duma's international affairs panel, tweeted that Snowden had accepted the offer from Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The tweet was deleted soon after it was posted.

UPDATE 2

 “Predictably, Snowden has agreed to Maduro’s offer of political asylum,” Pushkov tweeted in Russian, according to Russia Today. “Apparently, this option appeared most reliable to Snowden.”