Snowden Reportedly In Talks To Return To US To Face Trial

Posted by Soulskill on Tuesday March 3, 2015 @07:20AM from the bold-strategy dept.

HughPickens.com writes: The Globe and Mail reports that Edward Snowden's Russian lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, says the fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor is working with American and German lawyers to return home. "I won't keep it secret that he wants to return back home. And we are doing everything possible now to solve this issue. There is a group of U.S. lawyers, there is also a group of German lawyers and I'm dealing with it on the Russian side." Kucherena added that Snowden is ready to return to the States, but on the condition that he is given a guarantee of a legal and impartial trial. The lawyer said Snowden had so far only received a guarantee from the U.S. Attorney General that he will not face the death penalty. Kucherena says Snowden is able to travel outside Russia since he has a three-year Russian residency permit, but "I suspect that as soon as he leaves Russia, he will be taken to the U.S. embassy."

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Re:Bad idea by Anonymous Coward · 2015-03-03 09:14 · Score: 0, Troll

Oh I see, you've bought into what you're being spun by the BBC (Foreign Office) or CNN (State Department).
+1 For being an independent, critical thinker. Back to Fox News for you.