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Because then the next thing could be an extradition proceeding or request for extradition from the italian authorities to the u.s. >> request is one thing. delivery is another. what's the status of that with the exchange and the likelihood she would have to be returned to italy? >> it may be a diplomatic kind of a function and the question is, will the state department go ahead with the extradition proceeding request? will it be worked out between the countries. there's a treaty between italy and the u.s. but when you deal with extradition, it's based on comity between nations. it's a big thin...

Agreement? if upheld, it's inevitable? she would be extradited? >> chris christie will be extradited before amanda knox will. left out of this -- why that is and no one really has been talking about this. is that in an extradition proceeding, the state department has unbridled discretion. we heard the harvard law professor say well, she's not going to be extradited because she's good looking. well, i don't think that's a criteria on the end of the formula, but the fact is if the state department chooses, despite the 2010 bilateral treaty, if they don't, if they don't care to extradite her, the...

Hong kong. hong kong is semi independent from china and our extradition treaty from china is not -- with hong kong is not airtight. so if he can be found in hong kong which is not at all clear, and if both the hong kong and the chinese governments want to turn him over, there could be an extradition proceeding. all of that is enormously complicated and could take a great deal of time, but it all depends on finding him in the first place and i don't think that's been done yet. >> a businessman is offering a private plane to fly snowden to iceland if they don't extradite him to the u.s. do you t...

Complicated. he is presumably and i don't know, glenn probably knows better than i do, probably still in hong kong. we have an extradition treaty in hong kong. hong kong is semi independent from china and our extradition treaty from china is not -- with hong kong is not airtight. so if he can be found in hong kong which is not at all clear, and if both the hong kong and the chinese governments want to turn him over, there could be an extradition proceeding. all of that is enormously complicated and could take a great deal of time, but it all depends on finding him in the first place and i don'...

Turn him over, there could be an extradition proceeding. all of that is enormously complicated and could take a great deal of time, but it all depends on finding him in the first place and i don't think that's been done yet. >> a businessman is offering a private plane to fly snowden to iceland if they don't extradite him to the u.s. do you think that's something we expect? do you have information about that? >> i think that's an option he's looking at but realize there is lots of support for him and what he did all over the world. people all over the world use the internet and are concerned a...