Four former U.S. officials who met with fugitive U.S. intelligence leaker Edward Snowden on Wednesday said he had no regrets about releasing classified information.
The group, comprised of people who formerly worked for the CIA, FBI, Justice Department and NSA, announced the meeting with Snowden on Thursday. They said they'd met with the fugitive at a secret location a day earlier to present him with the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, The Associated Press reported.
"He spoke about going out and about and getting to understand Russia and its culture and the people," said Thomas Drake, a former NSA executive who provided a newspaper with inside information about an electronic espionage program.
The plane carrying Lon Snowden father of Edward arrived at Sheremetyevo Airport at 7:50 a.m on Thursday, television channel Rossia 24 reported.
Upon his arrival at the airport, Lon Snowden said he believed Russia was the safest place for his son, echoing earlier comments in which he thanked President Vladimir Putin for taking the fugitive in.
“I think that my son will stay in Russia, although I haven't spoken to him yet,” he told Rossia 24, adding that he planned to visit Russia again in the future and would be satisfied if his son decided to live in the country permanently.
Read more: 4 Americans Meet With Snowden as His Father Arrives | News | The Moscow Times
The group, comprised of people who formerly worked for the CIA, FBI, Justice Department and NSA, announced the meeting with Snowden on Thursday. They said they'd met with the fugitive at a secret location a day earlier to present him with the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence, The Associated Press reported.
"He spoke about going out and about and getting to understand Russia and its culture and the people," said Thomas Drake, a former NSA executive who provided a newspaper with inside information about an electronic espionage program.
The plane carrying Lon Snowden father of Edward arrived at Sheremetyevo Airport at 7:50 a.m on Thursday, television channel Rossia 24 reported.
Upon his arrival at the airport, Lon Snowden said he believed Russia was the safest place for his son, echoing earlier comments in which he thanked President Vladimir Putin for taking the fugitive in.
“I think that my son will stay in Russia, although I haven't spoken to him yet,” he told Rossia 24, adding that he planned to visit Russia again in the future and would be satisfied if his son decided to live in the country permanently.
Read more: 4 Americans Meet With Snowden as His Father Arrives | News | The Moscow Times
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