Snowden's Asylum requests turning up short..REAL SHORT

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's options narrowed Tuesday as his globe-spanning, 21-country plea for asylum largely came up short, raising the possibility of a prolonged stay in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport. 

Some countries, including Germany, Poland, India and Brazil, rejected Mr. Snowden's request for asylum outright. Others said he must make it to their soil to file a claim—currently an impossibility for the fugitive, given his lack of a valid passport or active travel documents. 

Mr. Snowden's remaining hopes seemed to lie with firebrand anti-American leaders in Venezuela and Bolivia, with Ecuador starting to hedge. 

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Similarly, Mr. Snowden on Tuesday quickly withdrew an asylum request he had submitted to Russia after President Vladimir Putin announced that the U.S. fugitive would need to stop his activism against the U.S. government if he wanted permission to stay. Russia has been cool to Mr. Snowden's entreaties from the start, and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his deputy, William Burns, also pressured Russian officials. Yes, No, Maybe? 

A tally of results from the 21 nations where Edward Snowden has applied for asylum: 

• REFUSED: Brazil, Germany, India, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia (withdrawn by Snowden) 

• UNLIKELY: Austria, Ecuador, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland 

• POSSIBLE: Bolivia: President Evo Morales said his country would study any request submitted. Venezuela: President Nicolás Maduro said: "He deserves the world's protection" 

• NO IMMEDIATE COMMENT: China, Cuba, Nicaragua

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