Snowden's Biggest Mistake?

[arely staircase]

Edward Snowden went to great lengths to cover his tracks and avoid the long arm of U.S. law, but the NSA leaker's decision to choose Hong Kong as a potential safe haven may have been his biggest misstep. Snowden says he chose the city-state because of its "commitment to free speech and the right of political dissent," except its citizens also care very deeply about something else: the rule of the law. That's why one lawyer said that, with the possible exception of the U.K., "Hong Kong is the worst place in the world for any person to avoid extradition."

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2013/06/hong-kong-edward-snowdens-mistake/66054/

That is why I still think he will ask for assylum from the Chinese government - in exchange for whatever he claims to further know or be in posession of. He could be doing it to sell out his country to foreign power; he could still be working for US intelligence, who knows. He could also be what he claims, someone concerned about the erosion of privacy in the US. In which case it will be incredibly ironic when he ends up in the world's biggest police state.

[onehandle]

1. Hong Kong is China. Fascist China will sell his ass in a New York Minute. nt

[arely staircase]

2. i would think they would buy his ass first

nt

[longship]

3. Interesting take on this.

HK does have an extradition treaty with the USA. So writer could be correct that this is a big mistake on Snowden's part.

Unless he's already gone from there and had other plans already in place. We may find out soon as I imagine that the FBI may be fairly impatient to ask him some questions. I will be paying attention to what the DOJ is saying.

Oh, forgot: R&K