Hong Kong authorities did not name the country Snowden was headed to. Snowden is on a commercial flight to Russia, but Moscow will not be his final destination. He left Hong Kong on his own accord for a third country through “a lawful and normal channel,” authorities say. Snowden was charged by the U.S. in a federal court for theft of government property, unauthorized communication of national defense information and willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person. WikiLeaks says Snowden “is currently over Russian airspace accompanied by WikiLeaks legal advisors””]
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