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Hemispheres and tangles diplomatic ties. and as u.s. authorities search for this man, snowden is searching for asylum. first he fled to hong kong from hawaii. that was reportedly back on may 20th. then yesterday, follow along here, he took a flight to moscow. this is according to russian officials. he was able to leave hong kong reportedly by using refugee papers issued by ecuador. and that country may turn out to be his final destination. maybe. we toedont know. ecuador is helping another famou...

Reportedly on may 20th. then yesterday he took this flight to moscow according to russian officials. and he was able to leave hong kong, apparently, by using refugee papers issued by ecuador. which may actually turn out to be his final destination. you with me so far? so the big question here is, where is he now? we dont know. snowden apparently missed a flight to cuba. but a minister from ecuador confirms snowden has applied for asylum there. big question is, why ecuador? one possible reason is...

But lets say if, if he winds up in ecuador, how long does wikileaks intend to help snowden financially? >> i am not aware of those arrangements at present. all we know is what julian assange has said today in the press arrangement which is they assisted him to travel to moscow and they have facilitated communication with the ecuadoran government. its now a matter for the ecuadoran government as to whether to accept that application and what happens from here on in will be a matter for them. >> j...

Application. >> tell me this, jennifer. how did this communication between wikileaks and snowden begin? who contacted whom? >> again, my instructions from wikileaks are that they were contacted and have decided that it is their mandate as wikileaks to facilitate whistle blowers communication with the public where possible. and to provide their resources to the extent that they have them to protect whistle blowers. on that basis wikileaks decided to provide assistance to mr. snowden in facilitati...

Wikilea wikileaks. she joins me live from london. thank you for coming on. i have to ask, first couple of questions, where is edward snowden right now? >> as julian assange confirmed this afternoon on the conference call, hes in direct contact with wikileaks. at this stage theyre not tis closing where he is. hes in good health. hes in high spirits, we understand. they are not disclosing his whereabouts. >> can you tell me where he would like to go? priority number one? >> i understand, my instru...

Know, is it not counterproductive for wikileaks to be interfering with the u.s. government seeking a fugitive facing criminal charges here? what would wikileaks response be? >> wikileaks hasnt interfered. edward snowden as was reported by the hong kong government left legally and voluntarily from hong kong and has traveled to moscow. there is no international warrant that has been validated in those jurisdictions that were aware of as yet. so he was free to travel internationally. it is his righ...

Then they would view him as a dissident. there is zero history, no history, of russia returning dissidents to the u.s., brooke. >> jessica yellin for us at the white house. thank you much. lets talk ecuador here. ecuador yet to make a decision whether it will give edward snowden the refuge he is clearly seeking. one lawyer for wikileaks pointed out that there are other options for the fugitive. >> the other country in south america whove been willing to take an independent stand from the united ...

Once china decided to let him go and russia said, okay, you can land here in moscow, it wouldnt matter if he had a u.s. passport. those are separate countries. they can let a political refugee land even if he doesnt have a pa passport if they view the person in this way. he doesnt have a passport now. hes traveling elsewhere. some other country may allow him to enter. it may not be ecuador. this could be a total fake by wikileaks. notice how careful robinson is being, attorney for wicky leaks. >...

Demeanor like? how is he doing? >> im not in direct contact with mr. snowden myself. but i understand that wikileaks, they have said today that he has no regret about what he tid and he feels the disclosures that he made were in the public interest. of course, its important to focus on those disclosures. mass surveillance by the nsa in breach of institution law and constitutional law, mass breach of privacy for all americans. i think senator kerry -- secretary of state kerrys response is very in...