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The group coordinating the demonstrations calls itself Restore the Fourth. Constitution, are being planned for July 4, which is, of course, Independence Day. Note the icon embellished with "Protect Snowden."Īlso, protests against the sort of digital surveillance called out by Snowden, and in support of the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Hacking collective Anonymous sent a flurry of tweets Saturday, voicing its displeasure with government intelligence-gathering efforts. A petition to pardon Snowden, posted to the White House's We the People site, has passed the 100,000 signatures mark, meaning the White House is required to issue a response.

He was allowed to leave Hong Kong, flying to Moscow and then on to another destination that would not honor the U.S. authorities if the charges are deemed political in nature, rather than a crime under Hong Kong law. News & World Report, meanwhile, says an Icelandic businessman has offered to fly Snowden to Iceland if the country grants him asylum (WikiLeaks' Julian Assange told reporters earlier in the week that the group was discussing asylum for Snowden with the Icelandic government).ĬNN reported that Hong Kong Executive Council member Regina Ip said that Snowden would not be turned over to U.S. "Hong Kong has been a historically good partner of the United States in law enforcement matters, and we expect them to comply with the treaty in this case." "We believe that the charges presented, present a good case for extradition under the treaty, the extradition treaty between the United States and Hong Kong," House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon told CBS. government has asked Hong Kong authorities to extradite him.

government with espionage, and CBS News reports that the U.S.

The South China Morning Post also said Saturday that Snowden "is not under police protection but in a 'safe place' in Hong Kong." Snowden has been charged by the U.S.

If true, such hacks might, one imagines, add a new wrinkle to the cybersecurity/cyberspying dialogue currently taking place between the U.S. The Morning Post also reported that Snowden said the NSA engaged in extensive hacking against one of mainland China's top universities and had also hacked into computers run by the owner of one of the biggest fiber-optic networks in the Hong Kong region. "The NSA does all kinds of things like hack Chinese cell phone companies to steal all of your SMS data," Snowden reportedly said. government has been hacking into the networks of cell phone carriers based in Hong Kong and in mainland China. In a brief report, The South China Morning Post said today that Snowden told the paper during a June 12 interview that the U.S. #Snowden- Ricardo Patiño Aroca June 23, 2013 The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. #Snowden." WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been the guest of Ecuador's embassy in London for just over a year. Via its statement on its website and on Twitter, WikiLeaks said that it provided assistance to Snowden in his search for political asylum, and that he landed in Moscow accompanied by WikiLeaks legal advisers."Įcuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino tweeted: "The Government of Ecuador has received an asylum request from Edward J. According to a report in the New York Times, he may be headed to Ecuador, Cuba or Venezuela.

He landed in Moscow early Sunday morning, but his final destination is unclear. extradition request did not fully comply with Hong Kong law. Snowden was allowed to leave Hong Kong because a U.S. And news of a Justice Department search of a former WikiLeaks volunteer's Gmail account has also surfaced. demand for his extradition and that he flew to Moscow Sunday, and is likely heading for another destination. Several stories involving whistle-blower/espionage suspect Edward Snowden cropped up over the weekend, including word of a U.S.