Snowden's Great EscapeJune 1, 2015

This program tells the true story of Edward Snowden in Hong Kong in the days after he gave journalists his cache of documents about the NSA. Snowden himself was broke and alone – and the manhunt to bring him back to the United States was closing in on him. What is stunning is how Snowden, was able to take advantage of elementary mistakes made by the US government and escape Hong Kong and evade the manhunt. This documentary tells the story of how he did it.

Snowden's Great Escape was broadcast on SBS ONE at Wednesday 7 March 2018, 14:20. This episode was initially placed on Tuesday 2 June 2015.