Assange: UK should offer 'hero' Snowden asylum

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange today described the ex-CIA employee who leaked secret US surveillance details as a “hero” and said the British Government should be offering him asylum there.

Mr Assange, who has been inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for almost a year, spoke out after reports that the UK government has warned airlines not to allow Edward Snowden to fly to Britain.