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“I would like to return to the United States,” Snowden told CBS. “That is the ultimate goal. But if I’m gonna spend the rest of my life in prison, the one botto
by blitzar 5y ago
“I would like to return to the United States,” Snowden told CBS. “That is the ultimate goal. But if I’m gonna spend the rest of my life in prison, the one bottom line demand that we have to agree to is that at least I get a fair trial. And that is the one thing the government has refused to guarantee because they won’t provide access to what’s called a public interest defense.” [0]
They absolutely seem to care about it yet all they have to do is guarantee to uphold the law of the land and give a fair trial. Its really not a very big ask, if the position today is the result of lots of effort they are not sending their best people to put in the work.
[0] https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-what-edward-snowden-says-it-will-take-for-him-to-return-to-the-us-2019-09-16 https://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-is-what-edward-snowde...