article_snippet.sent: Whistleblower Edward Snowden a wanted man by the US Government –
article_snippet.sent: Snowden is being ‘exploited’ under a deal Snowden made with the Russians to guarantee Snowden asylum, a leading spy analyst has claimed.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden may have been told not to speak out on Russian surveillance but continue attacking America in order to save Snowden from jail in the US, Andrei Soldatov said.
article_snippet.sent: Andrei Soldatov accused the former US spy of not being ‘transparent’ and said Andrei Soldatov was being ‘secretive’ about Andrei Soldatov arrangements with the Russian authorities.
article_snippet.sent: After Mr Snowden, 31, revealed Andrei Soldatov in June 2013 as the civilian CIA worker who stole a vast tranche of classified documents, Andrei Soldatov fled to Hong Kong and then Russia where Andrei Soldatov was given asylum.
article_snippet.sent: The decision by Russian President Vladimir Putin was seen as a snub to US President Barack Obama at a time when relations between the two countries are strained.
article_snippet.sent: But the details of the arrangement have never been made public, and Snowden has never addressed the two countries.
article_snippet.sent: Mr Soldatov, who runs a website which is an online watchdog of Mr Putin’s intelligence agencies, spoke out in an interview with the Daily Beast, a US news and culture website.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden is also an author, investigative journalist and analyst who has been working on the Russian security state for a decade.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden said: ‘I think there is some sort of a deal with the Russian authorities.
article_snippet.sent: It seems Snowden insisted that Snowden’d never be used by Russian propaganda.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden never made it onto (Russian TV station) RT or other state media outlets and of course (Russian TV station)
article_snippet.sent: RT or other state media outlets would be happy to have Snowden.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden’s clearly being exploited - after all, many repressive measures on the Internet in Russia were presented to Russians as a response to Snowden’s revelations.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden is still a wanted man in the US where, if Snowden returns, Snowden will face espionage charges that could see Snowden jailed for life if convicted.