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DonViejo

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Wed Jan 25, 2017, 11:57 AM Jan 2017

Edward Snowden's attorneys appeal to European Union's parliament for asylum

Edward Snowden's attorneys asked the European Parliament on Monday to consider granting asylum to the former NSA contractor in lieu of letting him risk a potential life sentence in the United States should he be ordered out of Russia.

U.S. and German legal representatives for the American fugitive made the case for asylum before members of the European Union during a hearing in Brussels this week, notwithstanding the Russian government agreeing days earlier to extend his residency permit through 2020.

While the Kremlin's decision should allow Mr. Snowden to avoid returning to the U.S. for now and with it standing trial for espionage, his attorneys urged the E.U. at Monday's hearing to assure the NSA leaker has a safe haven once he bids farewell to Moscow following his current stint in the Russian capital.

Mr. Snowden's Berlin-based attorney, Wolfgang Kaleck, said his client risks being sentenced to 1,000 years in prison if convicted for leaking NSA secrets, including documents that detailed the U.S. government's domestic and international surveillance operations, and subsequently resulted in law changes at home and abroad.

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"Trust me. I would never reveal YOUR secrets." randome Jan 2017 #1
 

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1. "Trust me. I would never reveal YOUR secrets."
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