Snowden checked into Hong Kong hotel under his own name before meeting journalists

a not turn over the second cache, telling Greenwald, “There are all sorts of documents that would have made a big impact that I didn't turn over.” By the time he received the message from Poitras on June 1*, Snowden had finished his preparations for the journalists. With selected documents copied on a thumb drive, he moved from the residence where he had been staying for ten days to a venue for meeting the reporters. The place he chose was the five-star, $330 a day, Mira hotel in the Kowloon district of Hong Kong. He checked into room 1014 under his own name and provided the front desk with his own credit card. He next emailed Poitras his name and the address of the Mira hotel. There was no longer any reason to hide his true identity because the rendezvous with journalists would make him famous in a matter of days. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020249