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To speed on where the justice department is on this? what is it they are prepared to do now that snowden has done what he's done? >> the request for extradition will follow wherever he ends up. what i'm told is, first of all, we know the charges were filed under seal a week ago, in the eastern district of virginia, right across the river from washington. and the chinese, the hong kong government was informed of that. the u.s. sought the next step, which is an arrest warrant. after he was arrested the extradition process would start. administration officials say the hong kong officials came bac...

I'm alison kosik. >> i'm victor blackwell. here are five things you need to know this morning. number one, the u.s. government has now charged admitted nsa leaker edward snowed. he's facing three charges including theft of government property. under the espionage act he was charged with willfully communicating classified information to unauthorized persons and without permission. snowden is in hiding and was last seen in hong kong. the charges are the usual step in the extradition process. the food network says it's cutting ties with paula deen by not renewing the contract. the celebrity is ...

Offense. >> this is interesting to me and i did not know this until you just said this. the u.s. government clearly has been in contact with the government of hong kong, correct? >> correct. >> and now they filed this complaint and they want him detained by hong kong authorities immediately? >> immediately. it's interesting, the united states is sending a message. they moved quickly on this. it shows how seriously they are taking what they consider a very significant national security breach and leak, and they are saying to hong kong authorities, we want mr. snowden picked up and detailed and ...

For asylum and fights the extradition process. this could drag on for months, if not years. >> anna, thank you. a shakeup to tell you about at the highest level of the cia this morning. michael moral announcing his retirement from the agency after 33 years. a move comes a month after he took the blame for editing the benghazi attack talking points. replaced by the top attorney at the national security council. she will be one of the first woman to hold one of the cia's top two jobs. jason leffler was killed last night in a crash while taking part in a 25-lap event. nascar released a statem...

Washington. >> wow. >> wow. and there's a lot more to come. >> oh, yes. >> so, glenn greenwald of "the guardian," the newspaper who released all of this, who he went to, says they have a lot more, more to come. the reporter says we'll have a lot more significant revelations that have not yet been heard over the next several weeks and months. he says they're working with the 29-year-old to determine when to release this and how to release this. >> you just hope names of special agents and things don't get released. at any rate, the fbi is taking over the investigation, according to the "new yor...