NSA leaker Edward Snowden boarded a plane in Hong Kong bound for Russia earlier today after the U.S. filed "sealed" charges against him under the Espionage Act and issued an order to Hong Kong officials to extradite him back to the U.S. to face charges the U.S. government will not make public because the Court in which the charges were filed operates in complete secrecy in violation of the U.S. Constitution. Hong Kong officials say the extradition request from the U.S. did not fully comply with their law so he was permitted to leave the country.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier he would consider a grant of asylum to Snowden, but Snowden's final destination will reportedly take him to Venezuela by way of Cuba. The Associated Press, quoting from a Tass news report, says Snowden would fly from Russia to Cuba and then to Caracas, Venezuela. Any source
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