re: #164 Absalom, Absalom, Obdicut

According to who or what?

Is Russia signatory to these treaties? Has he actually applied for asylum?

See here for a summary of according to who or what: en.wikipedia.org

And yes Russia is a signatory to all the conventions mentioned there, and possibly other relevant ones. And yes, Snowden has applied for asylum in Ecuador and possibly also elsewhere.

And no, extraordinary rendition is done by the US in other countries, not by diplomatically requesting that that person be sent to us. That’s just regular ol’ rendition.

Not necessarily. That’s been the most common usage in the USA since the Bush years, but it has broader usage. Rendition is the transfer from one country to another after a judicial process. Extraordinary Rendition is the extrajudicial (no process) transfer from one country to another.
en.wikipedia.org