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WASHINGTON - National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's flight from extradition is raising new concerns about possible assistance from foreign governments.
As Snowden hopscotched from Hong Kong to Moscow Sunday, apparently en route to Cuba and then Ecuador, U.S. officials pointed angry fingers at China and Russia.
The finger-pointing followed news that Snowden, 30, the man who leaked information earlier this month about NSA telephone and Internet surveillance programs, had left Hong Kong before U.S. officials could have him extradited on espionage charges.
Senate Intelligence Committee chair Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said China "clearly had a role in this." Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Russia's Vladimir Putin of "aiding and abetting Snowden's escape."
And Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen said Cuban President Raul Castro or Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro could use Snowden "as a bargaining chip to get more concessions from the Obama administration."
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http://www.freep.com/usatoday/article/2450577
Oh if only there is a way to blame this on Iran/Syria...
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Purveyor
(29,876 posts)trying to cover-up their crimes against the American public.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)However, I would agree they spooks can use a clue or two. This is folly of a high order here. Bush-like.
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)leveymg
(36,418 posts)"The bottom line is very simple: allies are supposed to treat each other in decent ways and Putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the United States, whether it is Syria, Iran and now of course with Snowden," Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on CNN's "State of the Union." "That's not how allies should treat each other and I think it will have serious consequences for the United States-Russia relationship."
Purveyor
(29,876 posts)Kolesar
(31,182 posts)Harmony Blue
(3,978 posts)with love.
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