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<blockquote data-quote="Hencredible Casanova" data-source="post: 338474" data-attributes="member: 2584">RE: NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden In His Own WordsI'm interested in seeing if this pick of Hong Kong ends up being a wise choice for Snowden.&nbsp; The decision is either brilliant or very naive.&nbsp; I probably wouldn't have gone there.&nbsp; There aren't many, if any, nice places where an American can go if on the run from the government since most countries have extradition treaties with the US.&nbsp; Even for the ones that don't, like China, improving or maintaining good relations with the US government is often an important priority.&nbsp; In light of the Chinese Premier's visit to the US, I find it unlikely that China, which has de facto veto power over decisions in Hong Kong (a place that has an extradition treaty with the US), would stick its neck out for this guy, since improving relations is a key purpose of the trip.Below is a map of countries that have extradition treaties with the US government (shown in blue).&nbsp; Even for the countries that don't have extradition treaties, many of them have good relations with the US government and strategic military, economic and political ties, and may choose to extradite an American citizen on the run; they often do.<img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/United_States_extradition_treaties_countries.PNG/800px-United_States_extradition_treaties_countries.PNG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hencredible Casanova, post: 338474, member: 2584"] [b]RE: NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden In His Own Words[/b] I'm interested in seeing if this pick of Hong Kong ends up being a wise choice for Snowden. The decision is either brilliant or very naive. I probably wouldn't have gone there. There aren't many, if any, nice places where an American can go if on the run from the government since most countries have extradition treaties with the US. Even for the ones that don't, like China, improving or maintaining good relations with the US government is often an important priority. In light of the Chinese Premier's visit to the US, I find it unlikely that China, which has de facto veto power over decisions in Hong Kong (a place that has an extradition treaty with the US), would stick its neck out for this guy, since improving relations is a key purpose of the trip. Below is a map of countries that have extradition treaties with the US government (shown in blue). Even for the countries that don't have extradition treaties, many of them have good relations with the US government and strategic military, economic and political ties, and may choose to extradite an American citizen on the run; they often do. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/United_States_extradition_treaties_countries.PNG/800px-United_States_extradition_treaties_countries.PNG[/img] [/QUOTE]

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