BEIJING (AP) — A day after the presidents of China and the United States ended their first summit, pledges of cooperation by the two leaders faced an early test from an unexpected quarter -- an American intelligence contractor was leaking highly sensitive U.S. surveillance programs from his hiding place in the Chinese territory of Hong Kong.
China, which has long chafed at U.S. accusations that it carries out extensive surveillance on American government and commercial operations, may now have to make a decision on how to deal with the problem presented by the 29-year-old Edward Snowden, who has come out as the source of the leaks.
this guy works for the agency under fire leaks info and runs to China who we have alleged has been doing just that to us. it doesn't look good and his reasons for doing it are right out of the epublican playbook page 2.
"This case will hurt the U.S. bargaining power and dishonor its own credibility in charging China for cyberattacks. This is truth-telling," Zhu said. "China will likely tell the U.S., 'don't be too high profile, and don't take the moral high ground.'"
In going to Hong Kong, Snowden went to a Chinese territory that enjoys relative autonomy and has what he called a commitment to free speech. Although Hong Kong has an extradition treaty with the U.S., the document has some exceptions, including for crimes deemed political.
given who he worked for it's reasonable to think he knew it and planned his treachery so as to make it more than just him being a traitor to his country, and interferring with foreign affairs, another right wing characteristic, looks, smells, walks like 'em?
