An interview of Edward Snowden by the South China Morning Post newspaper (top) and a website supporting Snowden in Hong Kong, are displayed on a computer screen in Hong Kong in this June 12, 2013 illustration photo.
Former NSA Contractor Vows To Stay In Hong Kong -- Voice of America
Edward Snowden, the man who leaked details of the U.S. government's secret monitoring of telephone calls and the Internet, says he plans to stay in Hong Kong and fight any U.S. effort to extradite him to face possible criminal charges.
The 29-year-old Snowden told the South China Morning Post on Wednesday that his intention "is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate."
Hong Kong has an extradition treaty with the U.S. and has turned over some fugitives to the American government in recent years. But China retains the authority to block extraditions from its Hong Kong territory if it considers the allegations against suspects to be political.
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Update #1: Alleged NSA Leaker Says He Will Fight U.S. From Hong Kong -- Bloomberg Businessweek
Update #2: N.S.A. Leaker Vows to Fight Extradition From Hong Kong -- New York Times
Update #3: Snowden says he will stay in Hong Kong and fight extradition -- Reuters
My Comment: He knows that if he should find himself on U.S. soil .... his future will be a year or two in jail .... a trial .... and a probable 20 year+ stint in jail.
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