In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].

Q: Washington (CNN) North Korea might not be able to reach the U.S. mainland with a nuclear weapon yet, but the political fallout from its claimed hydrogen bomb test is here already. Even before the shockwaves of the 5.1 temblor triggered by Tuesday's test wore off, Hillary Clinton was fighting off a volley of Republican attacks, GOP presidential candidates were talking tough and Donald Trump jumped on a chance to chastise China. The episode was a fresh indication of the challenge that Clinton faces in running for the White House on her record as secretary of state, which makes it impossible for her to escape deficiencies in President Barack Obama's national security legacy.The episode is a fresh indication of the challenge that Clinton faces in running for the White House on her record as secretary of stateWashington has tried punishment and inducements repeatedly with North Korea and has failed to change its calculations 
 Question:He then toughened his stance by including _ in his "axis of evil."

A: North Korea
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Q: On a day when Chris Froome has never been under greater scrutiny, when everything from his heart rate to his power output is being used as evidence against him, he responded by delivering a performance so astonishing he might just have this Tour de France won after 10 days. There are 11 more stages of course, and plenty more mountain passes to be scaled. But he could not be caught by his rivals here on the brutal 15km ascent to the ski station at La-Pierre-Saint-Martin and nobody in this race looks anywhere close to be able to close the gap before Paris.Team Sky rider started stage 10, 167km from Tarbes to La-Pierre-Saint-Martin, with a 12 second lead in the yellow jerseyChris Froome dominated the first mountain stage of the Tour de France to open up a 2 minute 52 second lead at the topTeam Sky says computers have been hacked to obtain Chris Froome's personal performance data 
 Question:By the time the road rose again to _-Pierre-Saint-Martin, he had won the stage by a minute.

A: La
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Q: Traitor Edward Snowden has revealed he did not read all the top-secret intelligence documents he leaked – a move which put lives at risk from terrorists. In a television interview the fugitive squirmed as he admitted only ‘evaluating’ the files stolen from GCHQ and the US National Security Agency. The former US spy also acknowledged there had been a ‘f***-up’ when newspapers that were handed the classified material failed to redact sensitive details exposing operations against Al Qaeda. Scroll down for video Last Week Tonight host John Oliver flew to Moscow to grill Edward Snowden about the leaking of 'harmful' documents and asks him to explain why he did itBritish comedian travelled to Moscow to interview the whistleblowerQuestions why the former CIA systems administrator leaked the filesGets him to explain the security threat in the context of nude picturesDescribes Snowden as America's most famous 'hero and/or traitor'Snowden, at moments, is stunned into silence by the line of questioning 
 Question:_ handed an estimated 200,000 of the 1.7million stolen classified documents to journalists.

A:
Edward Snowden
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