From the MT:
“Edward
Snowden Aims to Become Dual U.S.-Russian Citizen”
Fugitive U.S.
whistleblower Edward Snowden said Monday he had applied for Russian citizenship
but would keep his U.S. nationality. The former American intelligence contractor,
who revealed in 2013 that the U.S. government was spying on its citizens, has
been living in exile in Russia since the revelations. Snowden's tweet comes
weeks after he was granted permanent residency in the country, and just days
after his partner Lindsay Mills announced she was pregnant. He tweeted:
"After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire
to be separated from our son." The 37-year-old said that "in this era
of pandemics and closed borders, we're applying for dual U.S.-Russian
citizenship". Moscow only recently relaxed its strict citizenship laws to
allow individuals to hold Russian passports without rejecting their original
nationalities. In the short thread, Snowden emphasized that he and Mills would
"remain Americans, raising our son with all the values of the America we
love — including the freedom to speak his mind." The former U.S.
contractor is wanted in the U.S. on espionage charges after he leaked
information showing that agents from the National Security Agency were
collecting telephone records from millions of U.S. citizens. Earlier this year,
U.S. President Donald Trump said he would "take a look" at pardoning
Snowden but has not made further comment on the matter. A 2015 petition calling
on then-president Barack Obama to pardon the whistleblower was rejected by the
White House.
^ In case there
was ever any doubt that Snowden is and has always been a Traitor to the United
States this latest move solidifies his crime. ^
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