the 2009 g20 summit by setting up rigged internet cafes and hacking into their blackberries timeline late last week abc news reported that us officials were concerned snowden could attempt to defect to china with a trove of americas most sensitive secrets as the guardian had said he fled to hong kong from his hawaii home late last month with four laptops and a head full of inside information on us programs at a congressional hearing today nsa chief gen keith alexander said his agencys programs have helped thwart more than 50 terrorist attacks in 20 countries since sept 11 the elder snowden defended his sons integrity in an interview with fox news monday but pleaded with his son to not leak any more information especially anything that could be considered treasonous