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Is sufficient reason to think she committed a crime. the hearing before that judge would be quite limited. it would not be a mini trial. if the judge is rules she could be extradited, it all goes back to the secretary of state, who makes the final decision weighing the facts, the law and what's in the best foreign policy interests of the u.s. >> all right, pete williams, thank you for that. let's bring in alex little, former federal prosecutor with a background in international law. and with a welcome to you, alex. you heard pete williams pointing out there, it has to be in america's best inte...

Does snowden ever return to this country, perry? and should he return to this country? >> i think he may return to this country unwillingly. i think he'll be brought back in some kind of extradition process and the u.s. will prosecute him. should he legally be forced to come here? probably, because he did violate the law. does he end up becoming a hero or traitor? that's ultimately a discussion that will keep going. i think there are people who will, if he comes back to america or brought back by force, there will be people who will be very pleased he revealed these programs. >> perry bacon jr...

Something like that, it's a political term, not a legal term. but some have suggested snowden fit into that category because he's doing the country harm. and the follow through on that and how we handle it, what do you think are the repercussions of it? >> well, it really depends on how they decide to go after him, and it's not like they have to make one decision. they have to use the criminal justice track because purchase the only way you can get a country to extradite somebody -- assuming we could get one of these countries to do that -- is to file criminal charges. you have to have those o...

Across the river from washington, and the chinese, the hong kong government was informed of that, and the u.s. sought the next step, which is an arrest warrant. then after he was arrested the extradition process would start. administration officials say that the hong kong official came back to the u.s. just this past friday night with additional questions that the u.s. was in the process of responding when the hong kong authorities notified the u.s. that they decided to let him go. now, in their statement, the hong kong government says that the charges the u.s. filed, quote, did not fully comp...

Act but do it for a political motivation. that's a practice that's been around as long as we've had extradition and international relations. here it's just that the consequences of mr. snowden's conduct could be so politically far reaching that i think that's what gets at the notoriety. as far as the extradition process and diplomatic relations go, i don't agree that this is particularly unique. jenna: interesting. bruce, context matters as we know here, and we appreciate your perspective and look forward to having you back on the program. thank you so much. >> thank you. jon: now this fox new...