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We have got a CIA station just up the road – the consulate here in Hong Kong – and I am sure they are going to be busy for the next week. And that is a concern I will live with for the rest of my life, however long that happens to be.

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Edward Snowden
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 21
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