Baffling decision to exit
Snowden lawyer says messenger's tip in Hong Kong spurred move
Jia Lynn Yang, Washington Post
Posted: Tuesday, June 25, 2013, 3:01 AM
HONG KONG - Edward Snowden's surprising exit from this city was prompted by a mysterious messenger who relayed to the former contractor that he should leave Hong Kong - and that if he tried to go, he would not be stopped, one of his lawyers said Monday.
Unsure whether to trust this person but aware that his options were dwindling, Snowden decided to go for it, said the lawyer, Albert Ho. On Sunday morning, the 30-year-old American, who leaked top-secret U.S. documents, went to the airport with another of his lawyers, used his own passport, and boarded an Aeroflot flight to Moscow without special assistance, according to Ho, all while plainclothes police officers hovered around him ...
Justice Department officials have said Snowden's passport had been revoked by the time he arrived at the Hong Kong airport Sunday to leave. Hong Kong's immigration department said in a statement Monday that "so far no notification has been received from the United States Government of Mr. Edward Snowden's passport being revoked."
The Justice Department said it never received any indication from Hong Kong that there were problems with its request for a provisional arrest warrant. Hong Kong said it had asked U.S. counterparts for more information on the case ...
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