Out on reuters a few moments ago

We’ve been running with this potenially highly-charged story over the weekend, regarding the ex-NSA intelligence analyst turned whistle-blower

  • White House expects Russian govt to look at all options available to expel Edward Snowden back to the US
  • has registered strong objections to authorities in Hong Kong and China over decision to allow Snowden to flee

Snowden is reportedly in the transit area of Moscow’s Sheremtyvo airport bound for Cuba at 10.05 GMT in the next stage of his asylum-seeeking quest