are doing everything to shift the attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on snowden himself or even by attacking other countries like russia is the freedom trail is not exactly china russia cuba venezuela so i hope we'll chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice and let the russians know there will be consequences if they harbor this guy then i was listening to a former director of the cia saying over russia and china are going to use this meaning snowden to embarrass the west and one would argue it's his revelations that embarrass the u.s. not china or russia the u.s. government is clearly afraid of more revelations from snowden i want to get him caught and brought back for trial and i think we need to know exactly what he has. he could have a lot lot more the debate in the u.s. media has shifted to this case most of this catching. mouth game it's not all about how we're going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago some of the same journalists who were almost cheerleading for his capture now were gratefu

extradite snowden back to the u.s. but he has since fled hong kong and all evidence points that within the hour it will soon also flee moscow to believe that his final destination will be ecuador where he is seeking political asylum. as we understand indeed mr edward snowden is where you are right now you said about an hour it's approximately one zero five moscow time take off to a five so we're right on the money with the timing will have to check in with you soon. thank you. has apparently spent the night at that airport we were talking about it is located within the transit zone of moscow our correspondent you got pissed off is inside one of the top. we're in terminal now from moscow sheremetyevo airport the same exact terminal where edward snowden arrived at around five pm moscow time on sunday coming from hong kong and company my week elites and representatives now at this moment this is pretty much all the precise information we have about them since we were never seen exiting the airport reportedly because we do

for snowden over in a statement hong kong his government claims it had no reason to stop snowden and also said it was clarification over allegations the u.s. had chinese targets r t contributor off things no developing nation would just agree to hand snowden over. chinese american relations it just goes to show how poorly those relations are going because that arrest warrant went out the complaint under the espionage act and under international law as the united states might have it and of course the hong kong government ignored it as most developing nations would they realize that the united states and the way it's been operating is something like a tallit tarion strait and so many ways i suppose averse stub united states were using their back channels trying to get through to xi jinping saying what an earth is going in hong kong they released this espionage act complaint what is it unauthorized communication of a national defense information and immediately the chinese government cooperates with edward snowden perhaps corporate with the russian government and everyone is trying to

are doing everything to shift the attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on snowden himself or even by attacking other countries like russia the freedom trail is not exactly china russia cuba venezuela so i hope we'll chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice and let the russians know there will be consequences if they harbor this guy then i was listening to a former director of the cia saying over russia and china are going to use this meeting snowden to embarrass the west and one would argue it's his revelations that embarrass the u.s. not china or russia the u.s. government is clearly afraid of more revelations from snowden i want to get him caught and brought back for trial and i think we need to know exactly what he has. he could have a lot lot more the debate in the u.s. media has shifted to this case most of this catching. mouth game it's not all about how we're going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago some of the same journalists who are almost cheerleading for his capture now were grateful fo

that snowden is in a safe place now even snowden himself has said on t.v. that he doesn't think he's safe from the reach of the u.s. so what makes wiki leaks so sure that he is. well i cannot go into details but. what julian said earlier today is correct we believe that he is in a safe place and he is well and he is a kompany by. a member of our staff. so i believe that at the moment at least he is safe yes now i know that you can't go into details but you could at least tell us where he is heading i don't expect you to tell us where you is right now but it is ultimate destination. planned all to my destination of course is ecuador. i'm sorry i can't go into details of his whereabouts or his plans and i think that would be. my hesitation there should be seen in the context of the call up this morning by the u.s. government actually if for rendition of snowden that they were calling out to other countries to arrest him and hand him over. what comes to mind of course is the is the cia rendition program so for recent years it's a serious serious. and of course

are doing everything to shift the attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on snowden himself or even by attacking other countries like russia the freedom trail is not exactly china russia cuba venezuela so i hope we'll chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice and let the russians know there will be consequences if they harbor this guy then i was listening to a former director of the cia saying over russia and china are going to use this meaning snowden to embarrass the us and what would argue it's his revelations that embarrass the u.s. not china or russia the u.s. government is clearly afraid of more revelations from snowden i want to get him caught and brought back for trial and i think we need to know exactly what he has. he could have a lot lot more the debate in the u.s. media has shifted to this chase mode to this captain. mouth game it's not all about how we're going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago some of the same journalists who are almost cheerleading for his capture now were grateful for

that's a question mr snowden. but that's taken away from what was you know more thoughtful but he had a motive didn't he now if his motive was out to wish to be flee. because he doesn't want to face the same fate as bradley manning he doesn't want to face fate therefore he wouldn't stand up for what he stood for right yes see in other words we did want to say so what i try to do in asking questions is i do the best i can over my career and it's the best questions i could but was in the best answer and hopefully be audience make up their own mind how do you see this kind of attack on journalism ever before or do you see that this is the worse it's been terms of crackdown of whistleblowers of the obama administration etc i think we're supposed to. i never i never heard of a correct almost right now. you know it's well he's already charged the third is the eighth person in charge of the espionage act the world war one piece of what if the nature of the law but isn't the government breaking the law i don't know so do

national security agent whistleblower edward snowden. is currently in transit for the night at a moscow airport after flying in from. ecuador and diplomats met him after he landed he's now expected to fly to cuba. international safety from the u.s. . and before he even left hong kong snowden's passport reportedly revoked the u.s. which is told russia deported human rights activists. with new allegations even. while he was running for the senate. from. twenty four hours a day and it's a whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. has formally applied for political asylum in ecuador and that's according to a tweet by the country's foreign minister snowden is currently in a moscow airport waiting to board his next flight on. well let's cross now to. the airport tell us what has happened since snowden landed here in moscow. speculation. fifteen pm local time. he was greeted by diplomats from the ecuadorian embassy he was greeted by the ecuadorian he was here to meet him upon his. flight from hong kong. he has not been spotted and

are doing everything to shift the attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on snowden himself or even by attacking other countries like russia the freedom trail is not exactly china russia cuba venezuela so i hope we'll chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice and let the russians know there will be consequences if they harbor this guy then i was listening to former director of the cia saying over russia and china are going to use this meeting snowden to embarrass the u.s. and one would argue. the u.s. not china or russia the u.s. government is clearly afraid of more revelations from snowden i want to get him caught and brought back for trial and i think we need to know exactly what he has. he could have a lot lot more the debate in the u.s. media has shifted to this chase mode to this captain mouth game it's not all about how we're going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago some of the same journalists who are almost cheerleading for his capture now were grateful for snowden's revelations which were ind

well i think the media has taken some criticism from snowden and other people for trivializing snowden's past and sort of getting distracted but i think actually it's been a pretty good vessel for a serious debate about privacy if you know for about three weeks now all the called the op ed pages and the television airwaves are filled up with a lot of back and forth is this a huge privacy problem is it not it's been going back and forth is you traitor is a hero those are awfully simplistic terms but there's been a lot of substantive discussion going on i hear remember a time at least in the past several years where privacy has gotten more thorough screening in the public now talk about the idea of different outlets covering this obviously there are certain republican allies are certain democratic allies is there any ones that you could say are really hitting the mark or are not hitting the mark well it's interesting that. since this issue since privacy is sort of a bipartisan issue there's a there's a there's there's a strain on the left on the left side of the political spectrum that doe

snowden various edward snowden and the wiki leaks representative traveling with him are healthy and safe and in very good spirits he would not disclose where they are though he said that for their safety because of the very very brilliant behavior of the u.s. administration they couldn't disclose edward snowden the u.s. millions limitation but the wiki leaks legal team were also on the phone they said that they would confirm that they have been assisting in edward snowden's asylum request to ecuador but also to two other countries which they also wouldn't disclose but it wasn't just a political asylum request made to ecuador there were other countries involved as well and julian the songs was also talking about the fundamental right of every human being to political asylum and the fact that that fundamental rights trumps any other countries extradition request so he's calling on all the people of every country to call on their governments to secure the safety of edward snowden and not to succumb to what wiki leaks called the very bullying and threatening behavior of the obama administrat

hold the last place on mr snowden snowden was cited or check in with you throughout the day you going off thank you. now it's noted a journey since he set off to expose the extent of washington spying will mark a whistleblower odyssey of sorts or may twentieth he began his trip by flying from hawaii where he worked as an n.s.a. contractor from hawaii there all the way to hong kong and over the next month he dominated headlines with revelations about the true scope of u.s. surveillance ultimately encompassing about of the entire planet's on sunday though without warning he boarded a flight heading from moscow that was just a day off to washington requested his extradition and next he reportedly set to fly to the cuban capital of havana which will serve as a transit point possibly there from cuba to venezuela he'll go and then perhaps the last leg there the final destination of ecuador possibly that will be his safe haven in ecuador does say it's a considering edward snowden's request for asylum a plea reportedly organized by wiki leaks and for more in quito stake in all of this let's n

snowden is slipping away and u.s. officials express their frustration by verbal be attacking the countries that do not hurry to put him in handcuffs and send him to you what's russia says it has no legal authority to arrest him secretary of state john kerry said you know we would be deeply troubling obviously if they have that it would notice not withstanding that they make a decision willfully and if there was adequate notice there would be. without any question. on the relationship and consequences the u.s. state department has also sent out warnings to the states that may accept such as cuba venezuela ecuador asking them not to do that and to turn him over to do was well on route to his destination snowden is of course choosing countries that would not be easily pressured by washington in the meantime u.s. politicians and pundits on television use what seems like a cold war rhetoric when they comment on the story presenting russia and china as the enemies that snowden is helping one form of special said russia and

snowden remains in russia. beyond that, i wouldn't want to speculate about next steps except that we have communicated to the russians our hope that they will look at all options available to them to expel mr. snowden back to the united states. >> does the u.s. government believe that if he is allowed to leave russia, then you probably -- the u.s. government is probably going to give up on getting him sghak. >> i wouldn't want to speculate about that. i don't think "give up" is really a way to characterize the situation. right now we believe we understand where he is and we're having appropriate conversations about that and i won't want to get ahead of that. >> quickly on immigration, one of the house democrats who's tried to be involved in the talks has said that it's not -- doesn't believe it is a blow to immigration reform if it doesn't -- if a version of it does not pass the house before the august recess. seems to be different from where the white house wants something to pass the house before the august r

snowden and the n.s.a. and everything and that he's not perhaps the most objective person to be present in the news so i guess that if there's a bias question is what and certainly one of the foremost and that was the next topic i was on talk to you about is glenn greenwald and this kind of back and forth that he has with the meet the press meet the press is david gregory right now some lawmakers have said that he should be prosecuted for aiding and abetting the enemy because they say he's not a journalist because it expressed opinions so my first question is what qualifies as a journalist well i think that you know we're always sort of. renovating our opinion of just just what a journalist i think certainly in this case is going greenwald more than qualified he's presented the public documents. to the american public in context. disagree with him but his facts have been basically more or less on target he has presented documents which have not been debunked which have not been declared false so i mean i th

are doing everything to shift the attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on snowden himself or even by attacking other countries like russia senator chuck schumer was on one of the news shows this morning saying president putin. always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the u.s. and i was listening to former director of the cia saying over russia and china are going to use this meeting snowden to embarrass the u. once and what would argue it's his revelations that embarrass the u.s. not china or russia the u.s. government is clearly afraid of more revelations from snowden the debate in the u.s. media has shifted to this chase moche to this captain mouse game it's not all about how we're going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago some of the same journalists who are almost cheerleading for his capture now were grateful for. snowden's revelations which were indeed eye opening for all of us as far as the prospect of being caught here's what edward snowden himself said i could be you know rendered by the ci

edward snowden. plane. from moscow. may be granted. it's mulling over the thirty year old request for asylum. by the group wiki leaks. just as. the white house warns. against helping the runaway and. it is a big day for. life in moscow it's good to have you with us today n.s.a. contractor turned whistleblower edward snowden now awaiting a flight out of moscow which is thought to be destined for cuba and it's leaving in just a few hours here in the russian capital on sunday having fled hong kong with washington in hot pursuit. at the airport for. well as far as we understand edward snowden does remain here moscow's sheremetyevo airport in the terminal building behind me as you say here arrived just after five o'clock on a sunday afternoon on a commercial flight. from hong kong he was greeted by the ecuadorian ambassador and three hours after landing the confirmation came that he had sought political asylum in the south american country. we still believe is mulling over whether or not to grant asylum to edward snowden he is expected to j

snowden has bed and where he could be going let's start off here near honolulu hawaii where snowden lived with his girlfriend they reportedly moved out of this home on may first real estate agents say they left nothing behind on may twentieth caring for a laptop computer snowden arrived in hong kong after exposing secret u.s. surveillance programs to the guardian and the washington post while he was hiding away up in a hotel room here in hong kong the first report on snowden's leak was released june fifth just four days later he gave the guardian permission to reveal his identity while in hiding here the u.s. revoked his passport in charge snowden with the with espionage despite the u.s. effort to get hong kong to hand snowden over yesterday june twenty third hong kong allowed him to get on a plane to moscow this afternoon the white house press secretary jay carney said he believes snowden is still there and he said washington is in contact with moscow and expects russia to examine the options available to them and here is the aeroflot plane at the airport in moscow today that was suppose

government agencies and that was one of edward snowden's revelations snowden gave china a great political counterargument to u.s. constant accusations against china now the u.s. can't accuse china of cyber attacks without being accused of hypocrisy so there is an interesting dynamic behind all this the u.s. one and china where the semi-autonomous government of hong kong to give them the man who had leaked u.s. secrets but one of those secrets is about activities of the u.s. government against china so it's possible that china's dilemma was to either think edward snowden or to arrest hong kong says they've done everything in accordance with their own laws now as far as russia edward snowden has been in transit in russia and russian authorities say they have no legal authority to arrest him but u.s. politicians and pundits on television use what seems like a cold war rhetoric to present washington as the enemies that snowden is helping and the imagination of some german is running. as wild as they joke about how edward snowden is being briefed by the russian president in one form of social

are doing everything to shift the attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on snowden himself or even by attacking other countries like russia senator chuck schumer was on one of the news shows this morning saying president putin. he said putin always seems almost eager to put a finger in the eye of the united states and then i was listening to the former director of the cia say russia and china are going to use this meaning snowden to embarrass the u.s. one would argue it's his revelations that embarrass the west not russia and china the u.s. government is clearly afraid of more revelations coming from edward snowden there's a debate in the us media has shifted to this cat and mouse game and it's now all about how we're going to catch it so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago. some of the same journalists who are almost humiliating for his capture at this point were grateful for edward snowden's revelations which were indeed open and as far as the prospects of being caught here's what edward snowden who sell for that deals i don't h

snowden they want him in u.s. custody so he can be cut off from the news media and treated we can assume what about the way in which the army whistleblower bradley manning has been treated in terrible conditions and degradation bordering on torture if not over the line so of course people in washington would like to grab edward snowden and shut him up putting the civil rights aside what about civil protection automatic and safe because the security agencies have access to information that could possibly may be endangering national security and personal security. well people sometimes argue that the safest way for citizens is to live in a police state and if you want to live in lock down where you have no rights and november days then perhaps we are going to be made that that's a safe way to live but we have in the united states a sacred tradition of the first amendment a freedom of speech the fourth amendment privacy the bill of rights that edward snowden has built just for as many of us are fighting for and again

are doing everything to shift the attention away from snowden's revelations by focusing on snowden himself or even by attacking other countries like russia is the freedom trail is not exactly china russia cuba venezuela so i hope we'll chase him to the ends of the earth bring him to justice and let the russians know there will be consequences if they harbor this guy then i was listening to a former director of the cia saying over russia and china are going to use this meeting snowden to embarrass the west and what would argue it's his revelations that embarrass the u.s. not china or russia the u.s. government is clearly afraid of more revelations from snowden i want to get him caught and brought back for trial and i think we need to know exactly what he has. he could have a lot lot more the debate in the u.s. media has shifted to this chase mode to this captain. mouth game it's not all about how we're going to catch him so right now the media is unsympathetic to edward snowden although just a week ago some of the same journalists who were almost cure leading for his capture now were gratef

has revoked snowden's passport. there are also reports snowden could spend the night in moscow before he goes anywhere. to phil black, live for us now at the moscow airport. what is happening there, if anythi anything? >> reporter: well, fredericka, we know the flight edward snowden was aboard flew in five hours ago we haven't seen him since. one witness on the aircraft, one person got onto the tarmac, into a car and his baggage was put into that car. they assumed it was snowden and seems pretty likely. he has not emerged from the north american nal so we believe he is in there waiting to connect with a flight to his next destination. as you say, it has been affirmed he is applying for asylum. here in ecuador, we have seen a number of diplomatic vehicles from ecuador's ambassador. we have not seen the ambassador but his car has been parked here the better part of the day. we assume he is within the airport, within a secure area, talking, meeting with edward snowden. at some point within the next 24 hours or so he wi

snowden has revealed. he says all the citizens in the world have been affected by the u.s. surveillance programs revealed by snowden. i'm looking at a rough log. our department is translating the news conference and the guardian has a live blog of the news conference. the prime minister says there will guarantee the safety of people who publish opinions to the media and work in any form of communication. he says no human being will be considered illegal because of his immigration status. we do not do that in ecuador. we turn now to michael ratner, president emeritus of the center for constitutional rights. he is a lawyer for julian assange and wikileaks. julian assange has gotten political asylum by the ecuadoran government and remains holed up in the ecuadorean embassy in london because the british government threatens to arrest him if he steps foot outside. he just recently met with ecuador's foreign minister who went to the embassy to speak with him. michael ratner, what is the latest you have since wik

snowden. the attorney general speaks with this counterpart in hong kong, seemed to have gotten assurances that this eveninngs were going the attorney general here wanted and that didn't happen because china clearly took the reins here. so it seems in some odd way that the cold war is back. >> you think the longer, ari, this goes on the more embarrassing it is for the obama administration? >> it is because what people quickly measure is presidential influence. why are they doing this? why can't president obama get snowden released to us? these are the things that pass right up the chain to the person at the top. whether it's deserved or not deserved, partially deserved, that's the way it is. so the longer it goes on, the much more tricky this will be for president obama. >> thanks very much. a reminder, you're going to want to say tuned in here next hour, our entire hour, a special report, the nsa leaker on the run, we're tracking his moves. 6:00 p.m. eastern right at the top of the hour. >> ju

edward snowden or the ecuadorian on. edward snowden was. still here he is set to spend the night. before i say really suggest he's involved he will not fly to cuba monday afternoon. edward snowden's exact whereabouts are currently unknown though he is thought to be still at the airport there is speculation he could be staying out a so-called capsule hotel and so i'm sure metz of you're seeing footage of the airport right now from our news agency ruptly other reports however suggest he is in a v.i.p. zone inside one of the terminals he is believed to be waiting for a flight to cuba now the wiki leaks organization which is helping edward snowden seek refuge says he will leave for ecuador via what it calls a safe route artie's to bang months he has been following developments from ecuador's embassy in moscow throughout the day she brings us this report there was a lot of speculation and a lot of speculation and unconfirmed reports are running around the minute that snowden actually left to hong kong on his way to moscow early on a full closure on the. time the ecuadorian ambassador a

whistleblower edward snowden who is wanted by the u.s. reportedly in moscow after touching down on a flight from hong kong well now reportedly wait to board a plane to cuba and from there to an unknown destination meanwhile our teahouse learn ecuador's ambassador to russia has also arrived at the airport and could be meeting snowden there our reporter standing by at the airport to bring you the latest on that but first gavin make faden director of the u.k. center of investigative judge. thanks for joining us here on r t so snowden's revelations of cyber spying has increased tensions between the u.s. and china hong kong and neither guaranteed his safety but also refused to arrest him so what message do you think is being sent in that case to washington and i think the the situation is complicated because the chinese clearly have of their own agenda but aren't prepared i think publicly to be pushed around in a sense by the united states and i think that would be a large factor in that in that decision. and julian a son jay explained to us e

snowden, such as mr. smoennowde should not be allowed to proceed on any further international travel than necessary to return him to the united states and they say because of privacy they can't get into his specific case. what she is saying the united states now because snowden is in moscow, really wants moscow, russia, to return him to the united states. that if he doesn't have a passport, that is what the russians should do. they're not saying they're telling that to the government but that's the message, they want him returned to the united states. it is a very quick moving story but that's the latest development, fred. >> i wonder if i could ask you to elaborate on that on their behalf, when they say that's what should happen, does that mean there is an agreement in place whether it be between the u.s. and russia or any other country, for that matter, that that is the protocol, when there is this felony charge, they would be returned or this person just talking about should meaning morally they should

snowed snowden in my mind the only thing that's very really important. is it's really how the government is cracking down on. your mole over the place but that's far from most of the media's focus instead snowden is the source not the substance of the n.s.a. scandal is all the rage betraying your country's kind of a fashion statement what to me that national security kim carr dash is an old technique called change the subject when you don't like what the subject is about how you change you personalize it or you try to see what the problems are with the people who are delivering the message and ovoid actually explaining the message itself in this case a massive spy scandal has been turned into a possible case of treason as an alice in wonderland first comes the verdict then the trial with pundits. eager to shoot the messenger we need to get very very serious about treason and old by the way for treason as in the case of bradley manning or edward snowden you bring back the death penalty from questioning whether the reporter who broke the scandal with snowd

government agencies and that was one of edward snowden's revelations snowden gave china a great political counterargument to u.s. constant accusations against china now the u.s. can't accuse china of cyber attacks without being accused of hypocrisy so there is an interesting dynamic behind all this the u.s. one and china where the semi-autonomous government of hong kong to give them the man who had leaked u.s. secrets but one of those secrets is about activities of the u.s. government against china so it's possible that china's dilemma was to either think edward snowden or to arrest that hong kong says they've done everything in accordance with their own laws now as far as russia edward snowden has been in transit in russia. and russian authorities say they have no legal authority to arrest them but u.s. politicians and pundits on television use what seems like a cold war rhetoric to present. enemies that snowden is helping and imagination of some german is running. as wild as they joke about how edward snowden is being briefed by the russian president in one form of social also one of th

whistleblower edward snowden. dismissing the conspiracy theories of u.s. officials as. meanwhile the u.s. is trying to throw the world prisms saying it's spying project only terrorists on social networks and i phones. in the first. economics the u.k. chancellor has more bad news in store for the british public he said to lay out his plans to slash another. half billion pounds from government budgets. it is a nine am in moscow good morning to you from all of us here at our pleasure to have you with us today. russia has all but ruled out any chance of extraditing america's most wanted man u.'s holed up in transit at a moscow airport now edward snowden's never crossed into russia territory declared by the russian president vladimir putin rendering him immune to and outside the government's reach let's cross now live to watch news alexina chef at the airport with snowden is a believed to be good morning to you alexey the russian president laying it out all pretty clearly i thought. well ever since edward snowden touched down in moscow on sunday it's been the biggest mystery

edward snowden is on the run this hour. the nsa leaker is currently on a flight from hong kong to moscow but that is not his final destination we've learned. where will he go? we have the breaking details for you moments away. >>> then an ar show stunt goes horribly wrong. a wing walker gets killed when too close to the ground. >> white house faces scandal after scandal, what is the president going to focus on this week? climate change. we'll take a closer look at that. fox and friends starts right now. >>> sunday morning on the east coast, we begin with fox news alert, breaking news overnight. nsa leaker edward snowden on the move. the post reported he left hong kong, now on his way to moscow. his final destination a mystery. there's speculation. >> peter on the story live in washington, d.c. good morning, peter, what do you know at this hour? >> reporter: clayton, we know we called the airline edward snowden is using to leave hong kong. they told us a passenger named edward snowden is currently on board flight su 213 from

snowden. likely placed directly into the car and it looked like a diplomatic vehicle. where i'm standing here, there are a number of diplomatic individuals including one bearing the ecuadorian flag. we assume that was the ambassador of ecuador here in moscow. it would appear he's receiving some sort of diplomatic assistance. he can with a core has always been one of the countries that was thought snowden could reach out to to seek some sort of protection that could ultimately try and seek refuge there. at the moments as i say, perhaps the ecuadorian ambassador's car, leading us to believe that he is still here but perhaps heading toward that country in the near future. >> again, that's where we think ed snowden is. we know he came from hong kong. i want to bring in nic robertson who is in hong kong. we've seen the back and forth. we saw hong kong say we had to let him go because we didn't have the proper paperwork. justice pushed back and said, no, we were getting the proper paperwork and they

snowden private. correspondence with private affairs or his whereabouts and travel instead on the credibly important revelations that he has given us the answer to the question why is simple because they failed to do their job to actually expose all of this so now they're blaming somebody who has exposed it and it makes them look bad ditto for the government the media coverage of the n.s.a. scandal oh litmus test for journalism that most are failing instead of cleaning up their act and dwindling ratings networks are busy looking for bad guys elsewhere instead of looking the real villain in the face when you consider that as recently as one nine hundred seventy richard nixon was forced to resign in large part because he thought well. this is a huge in our perception while the media war breaks out over supporting or hating edward snowden as little airtime as possible is actually dedicated to the spying on unsuspecting citizens itself the biggest privacy leak in recent u.s. history has shown the media to

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snowden. it is useful boys is it private affairs or his whereabouts and travels instead on the credibly important revelations that he has given us the answer to the question why is simple because they failed to do their job to actually expose all this so now they're blaming somebody who has exposed it and it makes them look bad ditto for the government the media coverage of the n.s.a. scandal a litmus test for journalism that most are failing instead of cleaning up their act and dwindling ratings networks are busy looking for bad guys elsewhere instead of looking the real villain in the face when you consider the fact that as recently as the one nine hundred seventy s. richard nixon was forced to resign in large part because he thought well. this is a huge change in our perception while a media war breaks out over supporting or hating edward snowden as little airtime as possible is actually dedicated to the spying on unsuspecting citizens itself the biggest privacy leak in recent u.s. history

and you know, snowden -- look, let's look at snowden here. some might try to say that, oh, he's a great human rights crusader. he is not at all like the great human rights crusaders in the past, the martin luther kings or the gandhis who did civil disobedience because he -- first, he flees the country. daniel elsburg, when he released the pentagon papers because he thought it was the right thing to do, stayed in america and faced the consequences. second, he's hurt other people. a gandhi or a martin luther king didn't hurt other people as they did their resistance, and they faced the consequences. so i don't think snowden in any way can be compared to those people and should not be made a good guy, hero, or anything like that by anybody. >> and finally on this subject, senator, are you concerned that watching a man the u.s. really thinks has exposed government secrets, has been charged with spying and with theft of government property, as we sort of track him around the world, are you worried that the u.s. looks kind of powerless to stop this

ports in moscow so the stakeout for snowden continues. bill it doesn't tend to. touch down in moscow on sunday there's been. when is he in that transit that he supposedly is in. now of course we know that snowden was supposed to be a bond of flight it to cuba on a monday which he did not get onto and the fact that he didn't get onto the flight to marry many theories as sort of being thrown around could you have taken another route could he have taken another flight elsewhere is a still in the transit and why is he in the transit search now of course our russian president to question any other these are thoughtless they do that in fact he is still in that transit zone are also saying that they're comparing the case of edward snowden to that one of a world of fame as a whistleblower julian assange let's take a listen. to this but you know so much snowden's case is similar to that of julian assange both called themselves defenders of human rights and fight for the freedom of information you have to ask yourself do such people need to be hunted down and put in prison

snowed snowden's in my mind the only thing that's very really important. is it's really how the government is cracking down on. your mole over the place but that's far from most of the media's focus instead snowden is the source not the substance of the n.s.a. scandal is all the rage there's an old technique called change the subject when you don't like what the subject is about how you change it you personalize it or you try to see what the problems are with the people who are delivering the message and ovoid actually explaining the message itself in this case a massive spy scandal has been turned into a possible case of treason as an alice in wonderland first comes the verdict then the trial with pundits eager to shoot the messenger from questioning whether the reporter who broke the scandal with. oldness his source should be punished along with the whistleblower why shouldn't you mr greenwald be charged with a crime to news reports focused on snowden's girlfriend what's curious she also packed everything up and left for the mainland to pointing fingers

snowden's private. boys is it private affairs or his whereabouts and travelled instead on the credibly important revelations that he has given us the answer to the question why is simple because they failed to do their job to actually expose all this so now they're blaming somebody who has exposed it and it makes them look bad ditto for the government the media coverage of the n.s.a. scandal a litmus test for journalism that most are failing instead of cleaning up their act and dwindling ratings networks are busy looking for bad guys elsewhere instead of looking the real villain in the face when you consider that as recently as the one nine hundred seventy s. richard nixon was forced to resign in large part because he thought well. this is a huge change in our perception while a media war breaks out over supporting or hating edward snowden as little airtime as possible is actually dedicated to the spying on unsuspecting citizens itself the biggest privacy leak in recent u.s. history has shown the media

government agencies and that was one of edward snowden's revelations snowden gave china a great political counterargument to u.s. constant accusations against china now the u.s. can't accuse china of cyber attacks without being accused of hypocrisy so there is an interesting dynamic behind all this the u.s. one and china where the semi-autonomous government of hong kong to give them the man who had leaked to us he quits but one of those secrets is about activities of the u.s. government against china so it's possible that china's dilemma was to either think edward snowden or to arrest him hong kong says they've done everything in accordance with their own laws now as far as russia edward snowden has been in transit in russia and russian authorities say they have no legal authority to arrest him but u.s. politicians and pundits on television use what seems like a cold war rhetoric to present washing trying as the enemies that snowden is helping and the imagination of some german is running. as wild as they joke about how edward snowden is being briefed by the russian president in one form

snowden private. boys for his private affairs or his whereabouts and travel instead on the credibly important revelations that he has given us the answer to the question why is simple because they've failed to do their job to actually expose all this so now they're blaming somebody who has exposed it and it makes them look bad ditto for the government the media coverage of the n.s.a. scandal oh litmus test for journalism that most are failing instead of cleaning up their act and dwindling ratings networks are busy looking for bad guys elsewhere instead of looking the real villain in the face when you consider that as recently as the one nine hundred seventy s. richard nixon was forced to resign in large part because he thought well. this is a huge change in our stuff while a media war breaks out over supporting or hating edward snowden as little airtime as possible is actually dedicated to the spying on unsuspecting citizens itself the biggest privacy leak in recent u.s. history has shown the media to

fugitive nsa leaker edward snowden has the u.s. government hot on his trail as he weaves from china to russia. tonight, what's next for america's most wanted? the latest on the global manhunt. >>> meet rusty. from the himalayas to the national zoo to the streets of washington, d.c. how neighbors helped find the escaped celebrity red panda. and how the cuteness of our furry friend is working against him in the wild. >>> and all for love. in tonight's "feed frenzy" the definition of true love according to kanye west. >> announcer: keep it right here, america. "nightline" is back in just 60 seconds. >> announcer: from washington this is "nightline" with terry moran. >>> hello, everyone, and thanks for joining us tonight. the news today seems as though it was ripped right out of the pages of a spy thriller. a high school dropout turned nsa super wiz leaks government secrets and goes on the lam. but it's not james bond's latest movie. it's the story of edward snowden, now wanted for leaking some of america's most confidential informatio

whistleblower edward snowden want to be in the u.s. for espionage is in moscow after getting off a plane from hong kong r.t. has been told that diplomats from ecuador are at the airport to greet him whistleblowers allegedly checked in for an onward flight to cuba suggesting have and will be just another transit point on his way to another country not sure where at this point speculation as to the whistleblowers final destination some sources suggesting he'll go on to venezuela well for all of this and more let's cross now to our tease paul scott he's standing by at sheremetyevo airport paula give us the latest. yes they would be wrong wouldn't it if america's one of america's most wanted men wasn't to keep us guessing about his exact whereabouts. but we can. confirm that edward snowden has arrived. at the house can. flown in from hong kong where of course they are they allowed him to leave despite american requests to stop extradition proceedings against him the question is what is his next move some quotes attribute it to julia saunde

bunnings and snowden i'm twenty nine years old as soon as edward snowden revealed himself as the whistle he set off a catch me if you can hunch by the u.s. government want to get him caught and away is he now guessing game for the media so where is it after a tip off that snowden was on board a flight from hong kong to moscow the media started speculating as to his next move edward snowden slew from hong kong to moscow say that he will be able to have on the flight. the situation descended into a fog when a crowd of journalists boarded a flight from moscow to havana only to find that the whistleblower was not on board a presumed to be stuck in an airport transit say tonight it's not clear where it would snowden is there's a couple assertions the accused n.s.a. leaker was expected on a flight from moscow to cuba but he never boarded the plane but with no word from the whistleblower and no sighting it was all just a guessing game it was still possible snowden would board the plane somewhere on the tarmac he didn't and we took off without him so we committed to a twelve hour plus flight tha

snowden is awaiting a flight. which is thought to be destined for cuba and it's leaving in just a matter of hours he arrived in the russian capital on sunday having fled hong kong with washington in hot pursuit. for. well as far as we understand edward snowden does remain here moscow's sheremetyevo airport in the terminal building behind me as you say here arrived just after five o'clock on a sunday afternoon on a commercial flight. from hong kong he was greeted by the ecuadorian ambassador and three hours after the confirmation came that he had sought political asylum in the south american country. we still believe is mulling over whether or not to grant asylum to edward snowden he is expected to just remain in transit here in moscow before flying in cuba a little bit later on this afternoon but to really put this story in context to rewind and see what's happened over the last twenty four forty eight hours or so really over the course of the weekend because it was on friday that the charges against edward snowde

from facilitating mr snowden's asylum. every person has the right to seek and received so far as right. in trying to fight an agent freeman. of which the united states is a party and so it is. counterproductive and acceptable. for the obama administration. to try and we thought is right. it reflects poorly on the u.s. administration. and you know you self respecting country would submit to such interfere and saw such a lean by the u.s. in its battles. and so. this morning. the u.s. secretary of state told it would threaten. trade. a parent had so many friends morning the u.s. secretary of state called a traitor. edward snowden. is not a traitor. is not a spy. he is a whistleblower he was told the public an important truth. the u.s. secretary of state. is wrong in the mall. anymore . a. traitor not here to the u.s. enemies and there is also a requirement. that the doc. and. congressional aide approve four times neither of these changes you. the u.s. administration was not given. a mandate. but the bomb administration was no

computers well now apparently edward snowden saying it works the other way as well and then snowden starts his journey to a quote unnamed democratic state with the help of wiki leaks activists in order to avoid extradition to the united states while british activist peter tatchell though believes that it is the u.s. who should be concerned about the revelations and not edward snowden. but she will deny the states will be doubling its efforts to try and intercept him and to get an extradition from whatever country they can i think the context of this is that the united states spies on its own citizens it also spies almost a distance of millions of other countries millions of people in other countries and this is done without the permission of those countries it is technically illegal and what is extraordinary is that it would snowden was employed by the united states as a spy yet now they are seeking to arrest him for spying it seems complete enough to see when the united states is spying on its own citizens and citizens around the world on a massive scale without governmental into strict o

snowden. it's a similar approach he's taking with congress where he's doing an end run around lawmakers, pursuing new policies on climate change that don't need approval on capitol hill. >> this is a challenge that does not pause for partisan gridlock. >> reporter: mr. obama said the state department should approve the keystone pipeline only if it adds no new greenhouse emissions. >> the net effects of the pipeline's impact on our climate will be absolutely critical to determining whether this project is allowed to go forward. it's relevant. >> reporter: and the president is largely staying out of the fight over immigration reform, just as the senate reached a breakthrough on the issue, a key house republican appears to be slamming on the brakes. >> the house will do its own legislation. we're going to do our own plan, which is going to be far more methodical, we're going to take our time. >> reporter: getting back to edward snowden, a smokpokesman the national security council noted the u.s.