On Sunday afternoon, just as the news broke that Edward Snowden, the man who leaked classified documents about NSA surveillance programs to newspaper reporters, had sought refuge in a Hong Kong hotel, Michael Bloomberg’s office announced the mayor would be meeting with Hong Kong’s top politician, C.Y. Leung Monday. However, just a few hours after the meeting with Leung was announced, Bloomberg’s office released a schedule update that said it was “being rescheduled.”
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