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US scrambles to find Edward Snowden and urges Russia to co-operate | World news | guardian.co.uk

The attempt by Edward Snowden to escape the clutches of US authorities descended into farce when the 30-year-old surveillance whistleblower outpaced the world's biggest intelligence apparatus in a round-the-world chase that was still under way on Monday.

Washington could barely disguise its fury at the manner in which Snowden was hustled out of Hong Kong, despite the US having revoked his passport and demanded his detention. The White House made it clear that China-US relations had been placed under great strain.

Snowden was believed to be in Russia on Monday and attempting to fly to Ecuador. Yet journalists who boarded a flight from Moscow to Havana, a suspected lay-over stop on Snowden's journey, reported that the former National Security Agency contractor was not on the plane, despite reports that he had checked in.

Jay Carney, the White House spokesman, was sharply critical of Hong Kong's decision to allow Snowden to leave. He said the administration did not believe the explanation that it was a "technical" decision by Hong Kong immigration authorities. "The Hong Kong authorities were advised of the status of Mr Snowden's travel documents in plenty of time to have prohibited his travel as appropriate. We do not buy the suggestion that China could not have taken action."

Speaking in Dehli on Monday, US secretary of state John Kerry expressed frustration that China had failed to detain Snowden. "It would be deeply troubling, obviously, if they had adequate notice, and notwithstanding that, they make the decision wilfully to ignore that and not live by the standards of the law."

Carney said the US was working on the assumption that Snowden was still in Russia, and said the administration was urging the authorities in Moscow to turn Snowden over to the US. "We have a strong co-operative relationship with the Russians on law enforcement matters," Carney said, in remarks that were notably less pointed than those directed at China. "We have known where he is and believe we know where he is now," Carney said.

Amid farcical scenes at Sheremetyevo airport in Moscow, an Aeroflot flight to Havana, packed with journalists, took off apparently without him. As the Airbus A330 began to roll back from the gate, Nikolai Sokolov, an Aeroflot gate employee, said: "He's not on board."

Around two dozen journalists settled in for the 12-hour journey to Havana – a flight on which no alcohol is served.

Ricardo Patino, Ecuador's foreign minister, speaking in Hanoi, said it was considering an asylum request by Snowden, but did not know where he was. "I cannot give you information about that. We are in contact with the Russian government, but this specific information about this precise situation of Edward Snowden, we cannot give it to you right now, because we don't have it."

Patino read out what he said was a statement from Snowden, in which the whistleblower compared himself to WikiLeaks source Bradley Manning, currently on trial in the US for "aiding the enemy". Snowden apparently said: "It is unlikely that I will have a fair trial or humane treatment before trial, and also I have the risk of life imprisonment or death."

More details emerged on Monday about Snowden's last few days in Hong Kong. Albert Ho, a solicitor who acted for the former NSA contractor in Hong Kong, told the Guardian that Snowden has asked him to make inquiries of the authorities about their intentions. "I talked to government officials on Friday seeking verification of whether they really wanted him to go, and in case they really wanted him to go, whether he would be given safe passage."

Ho said Snowden made up his mind on Friday to leave for Moscow. "It was evident that extradition proceedings would begin quite quickly," Ho said.

Another source with knowledge of events in Hong Kong said Snowden appeared nervous when he left, and that he was not sure whether he might be heading into a trap. "It happened very suddenly, in one or two days. Before that he was thinking of staying and fighting the case," the source said.

"He well understood what the different situations were – and the consequences. Things were changing all the time. He knew that he was in trouble, but he didn't panic. He understood the consequences of what he had done, making enemies of many people, but he didn't regret it."

The WikLeaks founder Julian Assange, in a conference call from the Ecuadorean embassy in London where he is sheltering from Swedish extradition attempts, said he knew where Snowden was. It was unclear, however, how big a part Assange and WikiLeaks had played in Snowden's escape from Hong Kong. Assange said Wikileaks had paid for Snowden's travel costs and lodgings since he left Hong Kong.

Asked about how Snowden had been able to travel after his US passport had been revoked, Assange said Snowden had been "supplied with a refugee document of passage by the Ecuadoran government".

Another lawyer who acted for Snowden in Hong Kong, Robert Tibbo, asked about WikiLeaks' role in brokering Snowden's asylum deal: "All I can say is that this is a very complex situation."

Hong Kong authorities, in announcing Snowden's departure, issued a statement Sunday saying the US extradition request "failed to comply with legal requirements under Hong Kong law".

But US officials insisted that no objection had been raised in a series of high-level diplomatic exchanges. "At no point, in all of our discussions through Friday, did the authorities in Hong Kong raise any issues regarding the sufficiency of the US's provisional arrest request," the Justice Department said in a statement issued in the early hours of Monday. "In light of this, we find their decision to be particularly troubling."

Obama administration officials revealed that federal judges in the eastern district of Virginia secretly issued a warrant for Snowden's arrest on 14 June on charges of unauthorised disclosure of classified information and theft of government property. Multiple US government agencies worked extensively behind the scenes to convince Hong Kong to arrest and extradite Snowden on a warrant also issued on 14 June. But not even a phone call on 19 June placed by attorney general Eric Holder to his Hong Kong counterpart convinced Hong Kong to comply with the US request.

In Washington on Monday, Carney denied that the US would "give up" if Snowden was allowed to leave Russia and revealed that pressure was already being put on Ecuador. "We are in touch through diplomatic and law enforcement channels with countries that might serve as a final destination or transit route," he said.

In heated exchanges, the White House rejected comparisons with its previous support of "political dissidents" made by a Russian journalist at the briefing. "There is a big difference," said Carney. "Snowden has been indicted with a criminal offence".

The Russian journalist was shushed quiet by another reporter in the White House press room when attempting to ask a follow-up question.
 
You came to wank off with the Chinese. Your allegiance is already well established. Change your colors.

shame of you to come up with such disgusting post you make me want to puke
 
Snowden gave a treasure trove of info to the chinese and most likely now the russians will also get it. China can now expose the american hypocrisy and duplicity in cyber espionage as they are the most vocal in accusing china for the same.
 
It was told the Chinese had "DRAINED" all four of Snowden's laptops. I don't think we will ever hear the United Stasi of Amurika complaining about hacking any more.
 
shame of you to come up with such disgusting post you make me want to puke
Please...:lol:...That is nothing compared to what I received from the Chinese members here when you guys found out I was a Viet. Too bad I did not saved any of it just so I can throw them back in your face.

Wow. This is low, even for you. If your grand children see you posting like this they wouldn't visit you again -ever.
Clean yourself up and get some sunlight - a few moments away from the keyboard will do good.
You are correct. It is low for me. But hardly low enough when compared to what I have received.
 
What have your dprk contributed to humanity in any way except idol worshiping and starving people to death???

As for U.S. contribution, nothing more after ww2???

What a joke. Look at every major breakthrough, where did it happen??? Why don't you ask yourself why it does not happen anywhere else???

As what I have said, U.S. has its problem and every major empire like country would behave like U.S. one way or the other. However, compared to your beloved dprk, I would have chosen U.S. over that lil-kim fxxking pig 100/100 times.

Nope I am not condoning DPRK but they are less evil than usa which is the big brother damaging and threatening the whole world while Kim's craziness restricts to within the peninsula and part of asia



there you go you 0-licking of dirty america

without america, the big talents of each nation will stay in doing their research in their own institutions, each will proliferate on their own

these losers are using 'back doors" "espionage" as excuses barring our telecommunication industries' entrance into the us market while their companies like gm ford walmart apple cisco ... come without restrictions
those losers are restricting our sales of solar panels, steel pipes, car tires ..into their market by imputing huge import tariffs on them
those losers are harbouring and feeding our xinjiang and xizang separatists and a hosts of dissidents
those losers are siding with the japanese, pinoys, vietcongs interests over east and south China seas
who is backing Taiwan for independence?
who bombed our embassy in yugoslavia? who killed our pilot Wang Wei over Hainan Island intrusion?
Who were we fighting against during the vietnam war and korean peninsular war?




that is about it nothing more after ww2



BS
that is why I call you naive and keep calling you until you grow up

without the Chinese supply of goods the us will be in harder time fighting for inflation
without our purchase of their bonds and bills they will have a difficult liquidity problem

grow up kiddo!
 
What have your dprk contributed to humanity in any way except idol worshiping and starving people to death???

As for U.S. contribution, nothing more after ww2???

What a joke. Look at every major breakthrough, where did it happen??? Why don't you ask yourself why it does not happen anywhere else???

As what I have said, U.S. has its problem and every major empire like country would behave like U.S. one way or the other. However, compared to your beloved dprk, I would have chosen U.S. over that lil-kim fxxking pig 100/100 times.

I never take crazy Kim nor the blood thirsty hegemony usa
USA is a lot more evil
read my post @21 on each of the topics kid
those are course 101 on american atrocities across the world for you kid to grow up
I have more for your next lessons on the same subject
 
i think his intentions were good and he can be considered patriotic; but his approach isn't right

Pakistanis (including myself) would be LIVID (understatement) if a civilian intelligence civil servant privy to "need to know basis knowledge" took refuge in india or some other enemy country -- regardless if he were to divulge information or state secrets or not


so in that sense, there's alot of ambivelence here.

America seems to have changed in many ways as far as "freedom" and "liberties" are concerned -- especially after the whole 9/11 thing
 
i think his intentions were good and he can be considered patriotic; but his approach isn't right

Pakistanis (including myself) would be LIVID (understatement) if a civilian intelligence civil servant privy to "need to know basis knowledge" took refuge in india or some other enemy country -- regardless if he were to divulge information or state secrets or not

so in that sense, there's alot of ambivelence here.

America seems to have changed in many ways as far as "freedom" and "liberties" are concerned -- especially after the whole 9/11 thing

Mr Snowden was sickened with his government's pack of lies which has been cheating the whole world for a long time so his determination to defect from the american government
 
Mr Snowden was sickened with his government's pack of lies which has been cheating the whole world for a long time so his determination to defect from the american government

yeah but when you're working as an intelligence operative (with a security clearance) there are certain things you just simply don't do; protocol can't be violated

but then again, like in any country --- the CONSTITUTION is a sancrosanct document and in that sense, Pres. Obama seems to be George W. Bush on STEROIDS as far as trampling on liberties is concerned

but then again mehhh -- doesnt affect me so makes little difference
 
yeah but when you're working as an intelligence operative (with a security clearance) there are certain things you just simply don't do; protocol can't be violated

but then again, like in any country --- the CONSTITUTION is a sancrosanct document and in that sense, Pres. Obama seems to be George W. Bush on STEROIDS as far as trampling on liberties is concerned

but then again mehhh -- doesnt affect me so makes little difference

his value judgement about respect of personal freedom of speech, respect of privacy and individual rights has prized over any protocol!
 
his value judgement about respect of personal freedom of speech, respect of privacy and individual rights has prized over any protocol!

it will be an interesting story to follow
 
it will be an interesting story to follow

Indeed!
uncle sam wants his head at all costs!
The yanks are furious, making Assange's wikileaks look lame
This is the BEST show EVER in history!
there are so many value judgements, expose and classified info waiting to be unfolded
I have fastened my seat-belt. Have you?
 
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