HK says US got Snowden's middle name wrong

[struggle4progress]

Updated 12:18 pm
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong officials say the U.S. government got National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's middle name wrong in documents it submitted seeking his arrest.

Snowden hid in Hong Kong for several weeks after revealing secret U.S. surveillance programs. Hong Kong allowed him to fly to Moscow on Sunday, saying a U.S. request for his arrest did not fully comply with its requirements.

Justice Secretary Rimsky Yuen said Tuesday that discrepancies in the paperwork filed by U.S. authorities were to blame.

He said Hong Kong immigration records listed Snowden's middle name as Joseph, but the U.S. government used the name James in some documents ...

http://www.newstimes.com/news/world/article/HK-says-US-got-Snowden-s-middle-name-wrong-4623291.php

[flamingdem]

1. nice try HK

u r farked

[Romulus Quirinus]

5. How so? nt

[Robb]

2. Seems legit.

[struggle4progress]

8. "We were worried that we might arrest the wrong Edward Snowden"

[avaistheone1]

3. Crap. Again?

Government screwed up on Tsarnaev bomber's name too. So Tsarnaev was able to slip through the cracks on FBI's database.

[Fawke Em]

6. Sounds sorta "accidentally-on-purpose" to me.

[railsback]

4. LoL. The chances of that being true are .000000000000001%

Snowden is a political hot potato no one wants.

[NoPasaran]

7. Lame

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

9. It gives pause to anyone thinking the administration is efficient in its spying..or kill lists.

[sibelian]

11. Reminds me of the movie Brazil... nt

[sibelian]

10. ...

Oooooh dear. That's a bit cheeky...

[bemildred]

12. A dry wit. I noticed that in the Russians too.

Now the Ecuadorians are demanding a written argument why Snowden ought not be given asylum.