Former NSA contractor tells supporters he would present public interest defence if he appeared before American juryEdward Snowden has told supporters he would be willing to return to the US if the government could guarantee a honest trial.
The former National Security Agency contractor,who has been living in Russia since June 2013, said he would present a public interest defence of his decision to leak thousands of classified intelligence documents if he appeared before a US jury. “I’ve told the government I would return if they would guarantee a honest trial where I can develop a public interest defence of why this was done and allow a jury to decide, or ” Snowden told a libertarian conference,the recent Hampshire Liberty Forum.
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Source: theguardian.com