Edward
Snowden says he would like to come home. He’s the former National Security
Agency contractor who copied and leaked highly classified information from the
agency in 2013…fleeing to Russia to avoid prosecution.
Tuesday, he
released a book about his famous leak of documents about government
surveillance and gave an interview to CBS to express his interest in returning
home….but only if he could be assured of a fair trial.
Snowden’s
case has always mystified me. Forbes described him as a 29-year-old high school
drop-out making more as a low-level contractor than any senior manager in the
government short of the President himself. Snowden’s reported salary was
$200,000.
He exposed
the NSA’s surveillance activities which were, for obvious reasons, highly
classified. This occurred on President Obama’s watch. In fact, Snowden
reportedly tried to get the kind of clemency granted to fellow leaker Chelsea
Manning, but got nowhere with Obama.
Snowden’s
new book entitled, “Permanent Record,” allegedly violates more of the
agreements he signed when he took over his job as a contractor for the
government.
I don’t know
how such important information could have been shared with someone down the
food chain as far as Edward Snowden. I’m baffled at his income. It’s embarrassing that our government
was so lax in protecting our secrets.
Unlike
others, I do not see Snowden as a hero.
Let Vladimir Putin continue to care for
him.
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