File photo shows a protester holding a sign in support of American whistleblower Edward Snowden in Paris, France.
American whistleblower Edward Snowden will seek employment in Russia soon, his lawyer says.
œI think that he is going to seek employment,” Anatoly Kucherena was quoted by RIA Novosti as saying on Wednesday.
Snowden™s legal representative added that his client at present lives on his previous savings and donations.
œHe lives quite modestly in Russia.”
Kucherena said in September that Snowden was likely to engage in human rights campaigning.
In June, Snowden, a former CIA employee, leaked two top secret US government spying programs, under which the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are eavesdropping on millions of American and European phone records and the Internet data from major Internet companies such as Facebook, Yahoo, Google, Apple, and Microsoft.
Snowden also revealed information about NSA espionage activities targeting friendly countries across the world.
On June 9, Snowden admitted his role in the leaks in a 12-minute video recorded interview published by the Guardian.
He left the US state of Hawaii for Hong Kong on May 20. Snowden, on June 23, flew in to Moscow from Hong Kong a day after Washington sought to turn up the pressure on the territory to hand him over.
The US State Department has revoked Snowden™s passport.
The 30-year-old NSA leaker is wanted in the United States, where he faces charges of œespionage” and œtheft of government property.”
On Wednesday, American journalist Glenn Greenwald, who first published secret documents leaked by Snowden, said Brazil should grant asylum to Snowden, adding that if œa government is serious about defending privacy of data and freedom of the press,” it would protect Snowden.
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