Edward Snowden may finally return home to the United States it was revealed on Tuesday . The former NSA contractor has been living in exile since June 2013 after leaking classified documents about U.S. surveillance programs and is believed to be hiding out at a Moscow airport.
Edward Snowden may finally return home to the United States it was revealed on Tuesday . Snowden 's Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said they were working out a way to solve the issue of his extradition with the United States . Snowden has been charged with theft of government property and two counts of violating the 1917 Espionage Act for leaking classified documents . This comes one week after the documentary about Snowden leaking this information , Citizenfour , won the Oscar for Best Documentary . Snowden has said that he will return home if he is given a fair trial by the United States government . He recently said his biggest regret through this all is that he did not come forward with these leaks sooner .