and beyond that, i'll refer to the justice dertment. >> reporter: white house press secretary jay carney blamed china for letting snowden flee hong kong and warned -- >> this is a deliberate choice by the government to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant, and that decision unquestionably has a negative impact on the u.s.-china relationship. >> reporter: as of monday afternoon, the administration believes snowden remained in russia. the president made a call to president putin, and if he has not, why not? >> we have a strong, cooperative relationship with the russians on law enforcement matters and we expect the russians to examine the options available to them to expel mr. snowden. >> reporter: perhaps the white house has been studying history. >> there are very few options. we need to remember that during the entire cold war, we never could recover a defector or an intelligence agent. once they went outside the