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Snowden Says Will Return to US Only If Fair Trial Guaranteed

© AP Photo / dpa,Wolfgang KummFormer National Security Agency, NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden follows the 2014 Carl von Ossietzky Medal award ceremony by the International League for Human Rights via live video transmission in Berlin, Germany, Sunday Dec. 14,2014
Former National Security Agency, NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden follows the 2014 Carl von Ossietzky Medal award ceremony by the International League for Human Rights via live video transmission in Berlin, Germany, Sunday Dec. 14,2014 - Sputnik International
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Edward Snowden admits a possibility to come back to the US only if he is guaranteed a fair trial.

NSA former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden is seen via live video link from Russia on a computer screen during a parliamentary hearing on the subject of Improving the protection of whistleblowers, on June 23, 2015, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg - Sputnik International
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden considers returning to the United States only in case a fair trial will be guaranteed by the government, he told Al Jazeera news network in an interview.

In 2013, Snowden leaked information about illegal mass electronic surveillance programs conducted by the NSA. In the United States, he faces up to 30 years in prison on charges of espionage and theft of government property.

“I have been consistent in saying that the only thing I want from the government in order to come back and stand trial is guarantees of a fair trial,” Snowden told.

He added that he, as well as the public or the US government, was not interested in a “show trial,” currently on the table in the United States.

In July, the whistleblower’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena told Sputnik that Snowden would consider returning to the United States, but he cannot rely on a fair and just trial.

In 2013, Snowden was granted temporary asylum in Russia, one year later, he received a three-year residency permit in the country.

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