russia saying there isn't a basis for russian security services to intervene. that statement you're talking about was the white house warning hong kong and china for allowing snowden to leave. a spokeswoman for the president's national security council said, "we have registered our strong objections to the authorities in hong kong as well as to the chinese government through diplomatic channels and noted that such behavior is detrimental to u.s.-hong kong and u.s.-china bilateral relations." the u.s. is looking at other avenues, asking ecuador, cuba, venezuela, to not admit snowden or to expel him once he's there. behind the scenes, administration officials acknowledge they have limitations in this situation, and right now they're really raising concerns or raising questions about what snowden's motivation is here, saying -- one senior administration official saying, if he's really concerned about internet freedom and freedom of speech, then why is he seeking the assistance or potentially seeking the assistance of countries like russia and china, ecuador, cuba,