Possibly but the consequences of leaking secret (classified) information is pretty bad in both the U.S. and Russia. I think having to flee to Russia with no op

Possibly but the consequences of leaking secret (classified) information is pretty bad in both the U.S. and Russia. I think having to flee to Russia with no option to leave that country for the rest of your life to suck pretty bad. Snowden says he'd gladly come home to face trial provided he's offered a fair trial. So he'd risk it all for a fair trial but U.S. officials won't give him one.