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A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency (NSA), is displayed at Hong Kong's financial Central district on June 21, 2013.

The anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks has submitted 19 additional requests for asylum on behalf of National Security Agency leak source Edward Snowden, the organization announced Monday night.

The 19 requests, which were filed by?WikiLeaks? legal advisor Sarah Harrison at the Russian consulate, come in addition to outstanding requests in Iceland and Ecuador.?

The new requests include what are sure to be some controversial possible destinations ? including Venezuela, China, and Cuba.

Here are the 19 countries:

Republic of Austria, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the People?s Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Republic of Finland, the French Republic, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of India, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Nicaragua, the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Poland, the Russian Federation, the Kingdom of Spain, the Swiss Confederation and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Snowden broke an eight-day silence earlier Monday evening, releasing a statement through WikiLeaks in which he blasted the Obama administration for using "old, bad tools of political aggression" in pursuing him.

Snowden also wrote a letter to Ecuador's President,?Rafael Correa, thanking Correa for helping him travel from Hong Kong to Moscow?and for considering his request for asylum.

Correa brushed back on Snowden's request for asylum over the weekend, when he said he chatted with Vice President Joe Biden about Snowden's request. On Monday, Correa said that Ecuador is not considering Snowden's asylum request and inadvertently helped him travel to Moscow.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-countries-where-edward-snowden-has-requested-asylum-2013-7

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