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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is a fugitive from justice and should "man up" and return home. Kerry said if Snow...

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Ivan Eland on Edward Snowden #39;s NBC News Interview
On Canada #39;s CTV, Sr. Fellow Ivan Eland reacts to the recent network television interview of Edward Snowden. Eland says that Snowden #39;s actions are a "net posi...

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Edward Snowden #39;s NBC interview: #39;I know I #39;ve done the right thing #39;
Highlights from NSA whistleblower #39;s appearance on US television in which he defended his decision to go public about the NSA #39;s sprawling intelligence-gathering activities.

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Edward Snowden said in an interview with NBC News that aired Wednesday that he has developed no relationship with Russia or Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Snowden, a former systems analyst for the National Security Agency, downloaded intelligence documents while working for a private contractor and released them to U.S. and international news publications. The documents were the first public confirmation that the U.S. government was collecting vast amounts of telephone and email data on ordinary Americans in the U.S. and on citizens of allied nations abroad.

Snowden told NBC's Brian Williams that, while he has been living under temporary asylum in Russia to avoid being seized by the U.S. and put on trial for espionage, he has kept his distance from the country and its leader.

"I have no relationship with the Russian government, I've never met the Russian president. I'm not supported by the Russian government. I'm not taking money from the Russian government," Snowden said. "I'm not a spy, which is the real question."

He added that he didn't bring any NSA documents to Russia, and can't access them remotely.

"I took nothing to Russia so I could give them nothing," he said.

The interview was Snowden's first conversation with a U.S. television network since June 2013, when the U.S. revoked his passport, leaving him unable to leave Russia. The interview was months in the making, culminating in a five-hour meeting at Hotel Baltschug Kempinski in Moscow.

During the interview, Snowden claimed that the State Department is responsible for him being in Russia.

"The reality is I never intended to end up in Russia," Snowden said. "I had a flight booked to Cuba onwards to Latin America and I was stopped because the United States government decided to revoke my passport and trap me in Moscow Airport."

Secretary of State John Kerry responded to the charge Wednesday morning in a live interview with NBC's "Today" show.

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Edward Snowden: I Have No Relationship With Russia

Edward Snowden says that while he was inspired by President Obama's election, he's disappointed that Obama "embraced" or "extended" the surveillance policies of President Bush.

In his exclusive interview with "NBC Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams, Snowden would not say if he voted for Obama, arguing that should be kept private.

"Whether or not I voted for President Obama, I was inspired by him. He gave me courage, he gave me hope. I really believed that he would be a positive force for the country," Snowden said.

"And I still hope he will be."

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Snowden said Obama has failed to carry through on a pledge to reverse some of the policies of his predecessor.

"He's embraced the policies and he's extended the policies," the former NSA contractor said.

"He's not Bush. He's his own president. But the consonance in the policies should be concerning for a lot of Americans because he was a candidate that promised that he would give the public back its seat at the table of government.

"And he still has time to do so."

For his first American television interview, Snowden met for about five hours last week with Williams at a hotel in Moscow, where Snowden is living in exile while facing U.S. felony charges.

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