{"id":359,"date":"2013-06-25T00:35:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-25T05:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/despite-us-pressure-countries-have-substantial-discretion-on-extradition\/"},"modified":"2022-02-11T10:56:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T15:56:09","slug":"despite-us-pressure-countries-have-substantial-discretion-on-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepassportoffice.com\/blog\/despite-us-pressure-countries-have-substantial-discretion-on-extradition\/","title":{"rendered":"Despite <b>US<\/b> Pressure, Countries Have &#039;Substantial Discretion&#039; on Extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Despite <b>US<\/b> Pressure, Countries Have &#39;Substantial Discretion&#39; on Extradition<\/strong><br \/>\nOne is that Hong Kong permitted him to travel on his U.S. passport, notwithstanding the fact that the U.S. told Hong Kong that it had revoked the passport. Another possibility is that he was issued some kind of travel document, either a laissez-passer &#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/bb\/nation\/jan-june13\/snowden2_06-24.html\">PBS NewsHour<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>AP Source: NSA leaker Snowden&#39;s <b>passport<\/b> revoked<\/strong><br \/>\nWASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The former National Security Agency contractor who disclosed information about highly classified surveillance programs has had his U.S. passport revoked, an official said Sunday. Edward Snowden&#39;s passport was annulled before he&nbsp;&#8230;<br \/>\n<i>Read more on <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/article\/1267696\/ap-source-nsa-leaker-snowdens-passport-revoked\">South China Morning Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/i><\/p>\n<p><strong>Snowden&#39;s <b>passport<\/b> revoked<\/strong><br \/>\nSo some U.S. official LEAKED the information about the passport about the revocation of the guy who liked info to the press. I&#39;m sure that David Gregory will be all over the AP reporter for this \u201cadding and abetting\u201d. fuzzyfuzzyfungus. 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