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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 toedon't know. ecuador is helping another famous leaker, wikileaks founder julian assange. he confirmed on a conference call today that his organi...

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 don't 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 this. this is the country giving asylum to this man, another famous, famous leaker, wikileaks foun...

But let's 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. it's 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. >> jennifer robinson, live in lond london. thank you so much. we'll get into the legal in a moment. as...

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 facilitating his travel from hong kong to moscow. >> okay. in listening and reading about this conference cal...

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, he's in direct contact with wikileaks. at this stage they're not tis closing where he is. he's in good health. he's 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 instructions are, and has been widely reported, that he has now sought asylum from ecuador and has mad...