Wednesday, September 05, 2007

The Deinsertion

How much funnier can the story get? Wait. It gets worse. "The Hong Kong native had not surrendered his passport to the court, not because he hadn't been asked to, but because he couldn't seem to find it." The New York Times reports:


Mr. Brosnahan told reporters outside the courthouse in Redwood City that he had sent an assistant to Mr. Hsu’s apartment in New York on Tuesday to retrieve Mr. Hsu’s passport, but it could not be found.


It's not quite clear from the NYT quote what couldn't be found. Mr. Hsu's passport, his apartment or New York City. Maybe all three were missing, as is Mr. Hsu.

I assume his spymaster in the Chinese Intelligence Agency deinserted him.

The more important issue is whether anyone in law enforcement or the media in the US will follow up and see where the tracks lead.