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"A fair trial". That's a loaded term. Does he assume he shouldn't serve time for what he did? Snowden is a complicated figure because the core that the U.S. go
by bena 5y ago
"A fair trial". That's a loaded term.
Does he assume he shouldn't serve time for what he did? Snowden is a complicated figure because the core that the U.S. government was surveilling its own people beyond its bounds was correct.
But he did kind of leak a whole bunch of shit not related to that as well. And that ain't cool.
He kind of has to accept that he's going to go to jail and he's never going to work with sensitive information ever again.
- leto_ii 5y agoI think by fair trial he means he doesn't want to be tried under the Espionage Act of 1917 which would allow the trial to be secretized, for the evidence to be withed from the jury etc. I'm writing the details from memory, so some might be inaccurate, but that's the gist I got. EDIT: Here's a bit of clarification (quick find on Google, not necessarily the most comprehensive): https://www.france24.com/en/20190916-snowden-says-he-would-return-to-us-if-he-can-get-a-fair-trial https://www.france24.com/en/20190916-snowden-says-he-would-r...
- bena 5y agoThat's the thing, he could mean that. It's equally likely he means something else. Until he defines what "fair" means, we can't know.