“US
whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked classified details about
mass US surveillance programs, says he will not be offered a fair
trial if he returns to the United States. The former US spy agency
contractor, who worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and
National Security Agency (NSA), spoke from Moscow via a video link to
a Toronto audience during a live question and answer discussion on
Wednesday.”
“Snowden
also told the Toronto audience that Canada has the weakest government
oversight on its spy agencies among Western countries. 'Canadian
intelligence has one of the weakest oversight frameworks out of any
Western intelligence agency in the world.'”
“On
Tuesday, his Russian lawyer said that Snowden has been working with
US and German lawyers on a way to return to the United States if he
is granted a fair trial, the Associated Press reported. According to
documents leaked by Snowden, the NSA has been collecting the phone
records of millions of Americans and foreign nationals as well as
political leaders from around the world.”
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