{"id":387,"date":"2013-07-03T12:52:29","date_gmt":"2013-07-03T17:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/latest-united-states-passport-application-news-3\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T10:59:42","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:59:42","slug":"latest-united-states-passport-application-news-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/latest-united-states-passport-application-news-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest United States Passport Application News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Snowden speaks: by revoking <b>passport<\/b>, <b>US<\/b> gov&#39;t is \u201cusing citizenship as a <b>&#8230;<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\nFor decades the United States of America has been one of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. Sadly, this right, laid out and voted for by the US in Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, is now being rejected by &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2013\/07\/snowden-speaks-by-revoking-passport-us-govt-is-using-citizenship-as-a-weapon\/\">Ars Technica<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#39;Stateless&#39; Snowden hedges asylum bets, says <b>US<\/b> hindering his <b>applications<\/b><\/strong><br \/>\nThe US government said Monday that while Snowden&#39;s passport has been cancelled, his citizenship has not been revoked and he could be issued an entry document to return to his native country. Snowden accused Washington of seeking to stop him from&nbsp;&#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.dw.de\/stateless-snowden-hedges-asylum-bets-says-us-hindering-his-applications\/a-16921175\">Deutsche Welle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snowden speaks: by revoking passport, US gov&#39;t is \u201cusing citizenship as a &#8230; For decades the United States of America has been one of the strongest defenders of the human right to seek asylum. 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