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Update: DannyB adds: United States Files Civil Lawsuit Against Edward Snowden
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/edward-snowden-nsa-cbs-this-morning-interview-today-2019-09-16/
When pressed on whether he considers what he did unlawful, Snowden refused to take a position but said "it's not hard to make the argument that I broke the law." He went on to say that the government continues to allege that his disclosures caused harm but, according to Snowden, has yet to show evidence of that harm.
"They never show evidence for it even though we're now more than 6 years on, it would be the easiest thing in the world to show. We've never heard that story," he said. "If they had some classified evidence that a hair on a single person's head was harmed, you know as well as I do, it would be on the front page of The New York Times by the end of the day."
Snowden also took issue with the common refrain that leaking classified documents violated the oath of secrecy he took upon entering the CIA. He said an oath of secrecy does not exist.
"One of the common misconceptions in one of the earlier attacks, that we heard in 2015, that we don't hear of so much anymore is that I violated this oath of secrecy. That does not exist. There is a secrecy agreement, but there is also an oath of service. An oath of service is to support and defend, not an agency, not even the president, it is to support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies – direct quote – foreign and domestic. And this begs the question, what happens when our obligations come into conflict."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 17 2019, @03:18PM (2 children)
He wants a fair trial, but he will be fast tracked to a 30 year sentence. He's not Hillary, he's not Petraeus, he was some peon who embarrassed powerful people. He will feel the full brutality of the US justice system.
Ed, do yourself a favor: learn Russian, learn to love the country, become a citizen. You could have a decent life over there. Stay away from any US satellite countries though until Russia is stronger again and can defend its citizens.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday September 17 2019, @03:39PM
Is that naivete, or just silliness? Russia can't defend one of it's ciizens, if that citizen is outside of the Russian sphere of influence.
On the flip side of that particular coin - got any idea how many Americans have disappeared into Russia? Both before and during the Soviet, Americans waltz in, and get trapped like flies on flypaper. It makes me wonder how many other people, from other countries, have been trapped in Russia.
https://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/19/world/decades-later-tales-of-americans-in-soviet-jails.html [nytimes.com]
(Score: 3, Insightful) by loonycyborg on Tuesday September 17 2019, @05:25PM
Love for his country is the reason he got into the situation he's in in the first place. Maybe he needs to scale down on that, one way or another. In the fully connected modern world your ideology is more important than your country. And your exact place of residence is nothing more than target address for grocery deliveries.