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Snowden Reportedly In Talks To Return To US To Face Trial

Posted by Soulskill on 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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  1. Re:Bad idea by bobbied · · Score: -1, Troll

    Really bad idea. If he was going to do this he should have never bothered leaving in the first place.

    As I've said before, if he's really this stand up guy, why did he run? IF he really had good and legal reasons to do what he did, take it to court and face the music.

    Civil disobedience has ALWAYS carried the potential for punishment and if you break the law to make your point that the law is unjust you should stand ready to be arrested, imprisoned and tried in court for what you choose to do. You don't break the law and then run away like a coward...

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    "File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
  2. Re:Bad idea by jeffmeden · · Score: -1, Troll

    However, you're not really going to be doing much better with the Russian government that the US government...

    So, maybe *don't* join the Russian government's spy agency, *don't* steal a bunch of incriminating proprietary information about their secret dealings, and *don't* spread it to the world media? I mean, if he learned anything from this whole experience it's probably *don't* do that, amiright?

  3. Re:Bad idea by Anonymous Coward · · 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.