It seems that way to me too. What worries me is, once Ecuador has Snowden, how they might respond if the US tries using the carrot instead of the stick. It seem

It seems that way to me too. What worries me is, once Ecuador has Snowden, how they might respond if the US tries using the carrot instead of the stick. It seems like Ecuador has every incentive to show that they can't be bullied (and grandstanding about human rights is a great medium for that), and also every incentive to show that they can be bribed. Of course, they might try to hold out and see if they can get some more high profile refugees first, but given that they don't seem to actually care about human rights, I'm not sure I see the downside to cashing in at some point, from their perspective. My biggest hope right now is that since Snowden seems to be extraordinarily on the ball regarding world politics, he has a better idea of the situation than I do.