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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 hasn't 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 we're aware of as yet. so he was free to travel internationally. it is his right to take political asylum under international law. >> even though the u.s. is seeking to find hi...

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. let's 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 who've been willing to take an independent stand from the united states, venezuela, ecuador, bolivia, argentina, cuba. that doesn't mean anything about what he's d...

Once china decided to let him go and russia said, okay, you can land here in moscow, it wouldn't matter if he had a u.s. passport. those are separate countries. they can let a political refugee land even if he doesn't have a pa passport if they view the person in this way. he doesn't have a passport now. he's 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. >> very careful. >> we're not telling him to go any place. we're not giving him money. we're just...

Demeanor like? how is he doing? >> i'm 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, it's 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 kerry's response is very indicative and is reminding of the wikileaks disclosures. of course, there were widespread comments...