For 2 reasons: 1. US warned every country in both Europe and South America said to be considering shelter for Snowden of grave consequences should they offer a

For 2 reasons: 1. US warned every country in both Europe and South America said to be considering shelter for Snowden of grave consequences should they offer asylum to the whistleblower. Without his US passport, Snowden couldn't go anywhere and Ecuador reversed their safe passage. 2. This also gave political fodder for the establishment cronies to call and label anyone who would defend Snowden a "Russian Agent". I would recommend reading these two by Glenn Greenwald (he was the journalist who worked with Snowden to publish the docs): https://greenwald.substack.com/p/ben-rhodes-book-proves-obama-officials https://greenwald.substack.com/p/ben-rhodes-book-proves-obam... https://greenwald.substack.com/p/as-anger-toward-belarus-mounts-recall https://greenwald.substack.com/p/as-anger-toward-belarus-mou... > Led by then-Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. officials warned every country in both Europe and South America said to be considering shelter for Snowden of grave consequences should they offer asylum to the whistleblower. Threats to Havana caused the Cuban government to rescind its commitment of safe passage they had issued to Snowden's lawyer. Under Biden's pressure, Ecuador also reversed itself by proclaiming the safe passage document issued to Snowden was a mistake. I would also recommend the Citizen Four documentary: https://youtu.be/EDhB-A23IUk https://youtu.be/EDhB-A23IUk