In Snowden, Obama Sees Coldblooded China, Russia

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BY GERALD F. SEIB
In any big game, it’s important to always know the score. And now, in light of how China and Russia are handling the Edward Snowden affair, President Barack Obama knows this: There will be no personal favors in these relationships, only coldblooded calculations.
Despite the explicit American desire to have the man who blew the cover off U.S. intelligence programs arrested, the Chinese did nothing to stop him from fleeing its province in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, though the outcome remains uncertain, Russia was allowing Mr. Snowden to linger in the Moscow airport Monday, with a Kremlin spokesman saying the Russians …
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