intends to stay in the city. today, people there held a small rally supporting him as his ties overseas tighten. some question if snowden will defect. here is cnn's brian todd. >> reporter: top u officials are now openly worried, will edward snowden defect? does he have a relationship with a foreign government and is there more to this story? >> clearly, there is. we are going to make sure there is a thorough scrub of what his china connections are. >> reporter: a former senior nsa official and a former cia officer told me the chinese government has likely at least made contact with edward snowden. one analyst says over the past few days, it has looked more and more like someone is shaping snowden's behavior. possibly "the guardian" newspaper. maybe the chinese. what kind of information does he have to hear him brag about it to the guardian. besides the nsa television and internet programs. >> i had the full rosters of the