Former US Consulate employee hints at limited CIA/FBI activity during Snowden’s Hong Kong stay

Former US Consulate employee hints at limited CIA/FBI activity during Snowden’s Hong Kong stay The passage provides a first‑hand account from an unnamed former US consulate staffer that the CIA had no rendition team in Hong Kong and that only a small contingent of FBI legal attaches and a few DIA/ CIA "China‑watchers" were present. It suggests possible gaps in US tracking of Snowden but lacks concrete names, dates beyond the known timeline, or evidence of wrongdoing, limiting its immediate investigative value while still offering a lead on internal US agency actions. Key insights: Source claims no CIA rendition team operated out of the Hong Kong consulate during Snowden’s stay.; FBI had a small team of legal attaches at the consulate, primarily focused on video piracy.; CIA and DIA maintained a handful of "China‑watchers" in Hong Kong during the period.