Edward Snowden, who has been living in exile in Russia after leaking American intelligence secrets in 2013, says he would like to return to the United States if he is guaranteed a fair trial.
"One of the big topics in Europe right now is should Germany and France invite me in to get asylum ... And of course I would like to return to the United States. That is the ultimate goal. But if I'm going to spend the rest of my life in prison, the one bottom-line demand that we all have to agree to is that at least I get a fair trial.
" Snowden, a former US National Security Agency contractor, is accused of espionage and theft of government property in the US for leaking volumes of information on American intelligence and surveillance operations to the media. Snowden settled in Moscow after initially traveling to Hong Kong following his 2013 public disclosure of the classified information.
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