Edward Snowden

I've been following the story of Edward Snowden's leaking of information about US and British government classified intelligence programs, his flight to Hong Kong and then to Russia, and his subsequent disappearance from public view together with claims that he is appealing for asylum in a variety of countries. It all reminds me very much of the Monty Python sketch entitled "The Olympic Hide-and-seek Final" (which was apparently first shown in episode 9 of the third series on 14 December 1972).