Ewen MacAskill on meeting Edward Snowden | The Edward Snowden story

Guardian defence and intelligence correspondent Ewen MacAskill first met Edward Snowden in a hotel in Hong Kong in 2013.
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Remembering this historic encounter, MacAskill recalls why he was initially unsure about the NSA whistleblower and why Snowden used to leave a cup of water with soya sauce next to his door
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