David Miranda, the domestic partner of Brazil-based American journalist Glenn Greenwald, talks during an interview in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013. Miranda has taken up the cause of persuading the Brazilian government to grant political asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden. "Brazil is a big, strong country, I think one of the few nations in the world that could offer asylum to Edward Snowden," Miranda said. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo))