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Demanding they destroy two hard drives that had information relating to snowden, classified information? >> grotesque and appalling. huge difference. when we show up at the border somewhere, we know we're going to have our stuff searched. there are certain rules. >> but he didn't go through customs. he was in transit. >> well, you take your chances. inside a country that believes in free press, that they would destroy a computer. imagine here at cnn authorities walking in and demanding that we destroy our computers. i think it was horrific and terrible and it's important to draw distinctions b...

We know there are certain rules. >> but he didn't go through customs. david miranda, he was in transit. >> well, you take your chances. inside a country that believes in free press, that they would destroy a computer. imagine here at cnn authorities walking in and demanding that we destroy our computers. i think it was horrific and terrible and it's important to draw distinctions between different kinds of government activity. >> do you agree with that? >> that's a distinction without a difference. by detaining him in a transit zone on a terrorism law, when there was no suspicion whatsoever, e...

He's not a whistleblower. he's not a human rights activist. he's wanted on a series of serious criminal charges brought in the eastern district of virginia in the united states. >> we're back. that was official state department characterization by jen sake there, the spokesperson of former u.s. security contractor edward snowden's status two weeks ago from the state department. that was her reminding reporters that snowden is, indeed, a wanted fugitive by this government. our government. snowden, quote, the most wanted man on the planet, has been holed up in the transit zone of a moscow airpor...

Beefed-up security around american embassies. i think the whole point is to keep any people away from them. that would include visitors. employees as well as for people from the countries that would normally be at that the embas embassies doing business. >> pete williams, thanks. now turning to the other story overseas that has u.s. officials pretty up in arms. russia's decision to give edward snowden temporary asylum is creating new tensions in u.s./russian relations, which are already pretty strained over syria, iran, missile defense, frankly, you name it these days. as snowden left the airp...

Attorney back in 2009, hasan allegedly shot and killed 13 of his fellow service members on that post,s hurt dozens of others at ft. hood, texas. if convict, he could face the death penalty. he's chosen to represent himself in this case, opening testimony is set for early next week. edward snowden is in a safe place, we're told, in russia. that's what his attorney is calling it. snowden left the moscow airport yesterday after russia gave him temporary asylum for one year. the former national security agency contractor has admitted leaking classified information and exposing phone and internet...