> i.e. How did Snowden get on an Aerofloat flight out of HK almost a week after the manhunt started? Because Hong Kong let him go, as he wasn't officially want

> i.e. How did Snowden get on an Aerofloat flight out of HK almost a week after the manhunt started? Because Hong Kong let him go, as he wasn't officially wanted at the time: > as the US had revoked his passport (and issued an arrest warrant) and notified Hong Kong of the revocation a day before the plane took off. However, as numerous news reports of the time reported, the US information [in the arrest warrant] was contradictory and incomplete, and thus Hong Kong did nothing to stop Snowden from leaving [0]. The Guardian [1] quotes a Hong Kong official as saying Snowden left "through a lawful and normal channel". The rest of that blog post is worth a read: http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/12/your-absurd-story-doesnt-make-me.html http://blog.erratasec.com/2016/12/your-absurd-story-doesnt-m... [0] https://web.archive.org/web/20130822210647/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=134957&sid=39870263&con_type=1&d_str=20130626&isSearch=1&sear_year=2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130822210647/http://www.thesta... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden-arrives-moscow https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/23/edward-snowden...