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Further proof of his intent. it also raises questions about the quality of the background investigation. that he had a very high level security clearance. when you get a security clearance, you get one because the fbi has done a background investigation. here, obviously he got the -- he would not have gotten the security clearance if the fbi knew this. the fbi didn't know, or whoever did the security clearance didn't know what his real motivation was. and that raises questions about whether that was an adequate background investigation of him. and it raises question about booz allen's decision...

Knows, tons of loopholes in them. it's a political issue mostly now because all these countries that we're talking about whether it's china, moscow, russia, whether it's cuba, venezuela, ecuador, all of them have something to gain by rubbing america's nose in this current situation. beyond that, i'm fascinated to know, maybe john or fran might know, what is on these computers. what kind of knowledge does edward snow den have that might be really dangerous to have, and whether china or russia has been able to suck out that knowledge from those computers, while he's been in their countries. >> l...

Giving us more information before the bombing on the tsarnaev brothers. there may be past grudges influencing the decisions here. >> christiane, what do you think is going on? >> this is really a political crisis right now, the legal issues of extradition are pretty clear, although as everyone knows, tons of loopholes in them. it's a political issue mostly now because all these countries that we're talking about whether it's china, moscow, russia, whether it's cuba, venezuela, ecuador, all of them have something to gain by rubbing america's nose in this current situation. beyond that, i'm fasc...

Security clearance. when you get a security clearance, you get one because the fbi has done a background investigation. here, obviously he got the -- he would not have gotten the security clearance if the fbi knew this. the fbi didn't know, or whoever did the security clearance didn't know what his real motivation was. and that raises questions about whether that was an adequate background investigation of him. and it raises question about booz allen's decision to hire him in the first place. >> fran, the secretary of state said today that people may die because of what snowden has done. just ...

Anderson, but this part of the world, is a standup to the united states to say, you guys are hypocrites, you go around the world criticizing other people's freedom of expression, you have problems on your own. by doing that, this president believes he can be applauded here at home, but also applauded here in south america, and with the allies that matter, allies like china. >> paula, reporting from quito, ecuador. cnn national security analyst fran towsend. jeffrey toobin. cristianne. why would the ecuadorian government consider something like this? is it just about putting a thumb in the u.s....