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A former federal prosecutor who has worked on extradition cases. mark, this is amazing. we have all these issues outstanding with russia right now. syria, and russian adoptions. now. this we think he is still in russia but we really don't know, do we? >> we don't know. i will tell you this the best made extradition plans can go awry. i have extradited hundreds of people from colombia. this process can be laden with paperwork. it can be jammed up for years. in a case like, this you would think that they would streamline it. >> laura: so he this would get it right. >> it's an urgent case and the...

How in the world did this happen, in your view? >> fredericka, a lot of questions have to be answered first of all. i don't believe hong kong when they say the paperwork is inadequate. that always happens in extradition cases. there are always a few more details needed and the person is held until it's resolved. and in this case the decision was made by hong kong and probably in the end by china, they didn't want him extradited to the united states, wanted him out of hong kong, strictly a political decision, not a legal decision made. i think we have to hold china and hong kong to that in the ...

United states. that if he doesn't have a passport, that is what the russians should do. they're not saying they're telling that to the government but that's the message, they want him returned to the united states. it is a very quick moving story but that's the latest development, fred. >> i wonder if i could ask you to elaborate on that on their behalf, when they say that's what should happen, does that mean there is an agreement in place whether it be between the u.s. and russia or any other country, for that matter, that that is the protocol, when there is this felony charge, they would be ...