Edward Snowden emailed a statement to The Huffington Post . In it , he says his father 's legal team does `` not possess special knowledge regarding my situation '' Snowden , a former NSA contractor , fled first to Hong Kong and then to Russia , where he was granted temporary asylum despite pressure from the Obama administration to return him to the United States to face charges . `` None of them have been or are involved in my current situation , '' the statement says . He also said that they don't know if he is still being held by U.S. authorities and that there was no reason for him to be detained at this time.
Edward Snowden emailed a statement to The Huffington Post . In it , he says his father 's legal team does `` not possess special knowledge regarding my situation '' `` None of them have been or are involved in my current situation , '' the statement says . He also said that they don't know if he is still being held by U.S. authorities and that there was no reason for him to be detained at this time.