Snowden only stays in Russia because he faces espionage charges.
In 2013, Snowden exposed the NSA’s plans to spy on American citizens in the U.S. and around the country. It wasn’t an intelligence leak. He tried to go through the proper channels in the government, but everyone ignored him.
Snowden fled to Hong Kong but only went to Moscow when Obama’s DOJ unsealed charges against him for violating the Espionage Act of 1917. Russia gave Snowden asylum. In 2020, the Russian government gave Snowden permanent residency two years ago.Greenwald reminded everyone today that the same people who now smear Snowden are the ones who had no problems publishing his documents and story.
Also, Snowden didn’t want to be in Russia, but the moves by the Obama administration trapped him in Moscow. The following administrations didn’t make it easier on him either.program “was unlawful – and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.” As a reminder, US courts repeatedly ruled the programs Edward Snowden disclosed to us and enabled us to report were *unconstitutional and illegal violations of Americans' privacy rights*.
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