Please note that this is an AP Wire story, and so, not actually written by the Washington Post. That said, lets do a quick analysis of the subject for GP. It

Please note that this is an AP Wire story, and so, not actually written by the Washington Post. That said, lets do a quick analysis of the subject for GP. It doesn't matter to Snowden what the AP or WaPo thinks of his asylum documents. All he cares about is whether a) his passport will get him through the intermediary countries, and b) whether Ecuador will recognize his asylum document. He already believes a) or he wouldn't be flying through Europe (although that may have changed if the US has gotten its INTERPOL red notice right finally. If b) is in question, it would explain why he's still hanging out in the Moscow airport, and not headed on a more direct route for South America. There are of course many other reasons why Snowden would dally in Moscow, but whether the WaPo or AP thinks of his immigration status in Ecuador doesn't seem like one of them to me.