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Re:CIA planned rendition operation to kidnap Edward Snowden by rbanffy on Saturday January 30, 2016 @07:30PM (#11004575)
Unless they did something else and used Snowden as a distraction.
Re:CIA planned rendition operation to kidnap Edward Snowden by js8 on Saturday January 30, 2016 @07:45PM (#11004628)
It's also possible that UK police really wanted to do something else at Ecuadorian embassy, and Assange was just an useful cover.

I don't think secret services feel the need to justify their operations in this manner. On the other hand, people who pay for it..