WikiLeaks Foots The Bill For Snowden's Global Escapades -- Eli Lake and Miranda Green, Daily Beast
Flights, hotel rooms—being an international fugitive can be expensive. Thankfully for Edward Snowden, WikiLeaks has stepped in to cover the bills. Eli Lake and Miranda Green report.
Fugitive NSA leaker Edward Snowden is now travelling and lodging at the expense of WikiLeaks, according to the group’s founder, Julian Assange—a move that lawyers say could expose the whistleblowing organization to new legal charges.
WikiLeaks paid for Snowden’s travel from Hong Kong to Moscow, his lodging and also his legal counsel, Assange said on a call with reporters Monday in response to a question from The Daily Beast.
“It is correct we paid for those arrangements,” said Assange, who declined to specify Snowden’s current whereabouts. “No government or other organization assisted."
Asked who was currently paying for Snowden’s travel and lodging, Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian reporter who was contacted by Snowden earlier this year, told the Daily Beast Monday morning, “Last I talked to him about it, he was paying for it [while in Hong Kong] with his savings and credit cards. I don't know who is now.”
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My Comment: If these reports are true, Wikileaks is exposing themselves to more legal challenges and charges from the U.S..
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