No chance for fair trial in US: Snowden
American whistleblower Edward Snowden says he would have no chance to get a fair trial in case he decides to come back to the United States. ● "The hundred-year old law under which I’ve been charged... forbids a public interest defense," the former National Security Agency contractor said during an online question-and-answer session on the "Free Snowden" website on Thursday. "This is especially frustrating, because it means there's no chance to have a fair trial, and no way I can come home and make my case to a jury," Snowden said. The leaker, who has revealed the US spy agency’s surveillance programs since last summer, is currently staying in Russia after Moscow granted him one-year political asylum. He is charged with espionage charges inside the United States. "Returning to the US, I think, is the best resolution for the government, the public, and myself, but it's unfortunately not possible in the face of current whistleblower protection laws, which, through a failure in law, did not cover national security contractors like myself," Snowden said.
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