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Edward Snowden said he is "surprised" he ended up in Russia after leaking documents detailing the NSA's surveillance programs last year.
During an exclusive interview with NBC News' Brian Williams that will air Wednesday night, Snowden blamed his time in Russia on the State Department, saying he was stranded.
"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."
"So when people ask why are you in Russia, I say, 'Please ask the State Department,'" Snowden continued.
Asked about Snowden's comments on Wednesday morning, Secretary of State John Kerry said the infamous whistleblower needed to "man up" and return to the United States.
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WASHINGTON (AP) Secretary of State John Kerry says National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden "should man up and come back to the United States."
Kerry was asked about Snowden in a nationally broadcast interview Wednesday in the wake of Snowden's interview earlier with NBC News. In that session, Snowden said he never intended to end up Russia, but was forced to go there because Washington decided to "revoke my passport."
Asked about this on NBC "Today" show Wednesday, Kerry replied, "Well, for a supposedly smart guy, that's a pretty dumb answer."
Kerry said, quote, "If Mr. Snowden wants to come back to the United States, we'll have him on a flight today."
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Edward Snowden Says The U.S. Stranded Him In Russia
WASHINGTON Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to "man up and come back to the United States."
Kerry was asked about Snowden in a nationally broadcast interview in the wake of an interview in which Snowden said he never intended to be holed up in Russia but was forced to go there because Washington decided to "revoke my passport."
Asked about this, Kerry replied on NBC's "Today" show: "Well, for a supposedly smart guy, that's a pretty dumb answer, after all."
Snowden, a former NSA contract analyst, leaked a massive volume of NSA documents to the media.
"If Mr. Snowden wants to come back to the United States," Kerry said, "we'll have him on a flight today." Kerry said Snowden should "stand up in the United States and make his case to the American people."
In his interview with NBC anchor Brian Williams, a portion of which was broadcast Tuesday, Snowden said he was "trained as a spy" and argued that he had a much larger role in U.S. intelligence than the government has acknowledged.
"I was trained as a spy in sort of the traditional sense of the word, in that I lived and worked undercover overseas," he said.
Kerry said, "A patriot would not run away. ... He can come home but he's a fugitive from justice."
"Let him come back and make his case," the secretary added. "If he cares so much about America and he believes in America, he should trust the American system of justice."
"I think he's confused," Kerry added. "I think it's very sad. But this is a man who has done great damage to his country."
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Secretary of State John Kerry accused former NSA-contractor Edward Snowden of helping terrorists, telling George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America today that people have been placed in danger because of Snowdens revelations.
We have evidence that people are in additional danger because operational security has been breached, because terrorists have learned firsthand about methods and mechanisms by which the United States collects intelligence, he said, never clarifying who specifically is at risk.
WATCH: US Has Evidence That People Are in Additional Danger
Snowden is responsible for the largest security breach in U.S. history, leaking thousands of classified documents to the public. He now lives in exile in Russia and told NBC News he was trained as a spy.
Kerry said Snowdens actions have damaged U.S. intelligence gathering. Our operations have been compromised, he said.
Kerry also vigorously defended President Obamas decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 2016, calling Republican opposition to the plan part of an industry of automatic opposition to anything.
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The secretary of state said everything the administration set out to do in Afghanistan five years ago has been accomplished and reiterated the time is now right for a draw down.
When President Obama came in there was no policy, Kerry said. The president increased the troops, put a policy in place and set a deadline for the Afghans to be able to take over security and, guess what? They met the deadline.
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(CNN) -- Traitor or patriot? Low-level systems analyst or highly trained spy?
Slammed by top U.S. government officials and facing espionage charges in the United States, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden defended his decision to leak documents about classified surveillance programs during an interview with NBC "Nightly News" broadcast Wednesday.
"I think it's important to remember that people don't set their lives on fire," Snowden said. "They don't walk away from their extraordinarily, extraordinarily comfortable lives....for no reason."
Speaking to anchor Brian Williams in a Moscow hotel, Snowden said that he considers himself a patriot, and he wouldn't have gone to such lengths to reveal secret U.S. government surveillance programs if he didn't have to.
"The reality is, the situation determined that this needed to be told to the public. The Constitution of the United States had been violated on a massive scale," Snowden told Williams. "Now, had that not happened, had the government not gone too far and overreached, we wouldn't be in a situation where whistleblowers were necessary."
The U.S. government, Snowden said, is using the threat of terrorism "to justify programs that have never been shown to keep us safe but cost us liberties and freedoms that we don't need to give up and our Constitution says we shouldn't give up."
Snowden has been living for nearly a year in Russia, where the government has granted him temporary asylum.
But he stressed that he has no ties with the Russian government.
"I have no relationship with the Russian government at all," he told NBC. "I've never met the Russian President. I'm not supported by the Russian government. I'm not taking money from the Russian government. I'm not a spy."
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Edward Snowden, in an exclusive interview with "Nightly News" anchor Brian Williams, blamed the State Department for stranding him in Russia, saying he "never intended" to wind up there.
"I personally am surprised that I ended up here," Snowden said in the interview, an excerpt of which aired on TODAY on Wednesday morning.
WATCH: Brian Williams hosts live special with Snowden analysis at 11 p.m. ET
Snowden's comments about his new home came in an extended, wide-ranging interview with Williams, his first with a U.S. television network, airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
"The reality is I never intended to end up in Russia," he 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.
"So when people ask why are you in Russia, I say, 'Please ask the State Department."
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Secretary of State John Kerry hit back in a live interview on TODAY.
"For a supposedly smart guy, thats a pretty dumb answer, frankly," Kerry said. "If Mr. Snowden wants to come back to the United States today, we'll have him on a flight today.
"We'd be delighted for him to come back. He should come back. That's what a patriot would do. A patriot would not run away and look for refuge in Russia or Cuba or some other country. A patriot would stand up in the United States and make his case to the American people," Kerry added.
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Edward Snowden, who became the most wanted fugitive in the world after he leaked government secrets and fled the country, tells Nightly News anchor Brian Williams: If I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home.
In the exclusive interview, Snowden said amnesty or clemency would be for the public and the government to decide. He said that he sees himself as a patriot, while also revealing that he plans to ask Russia to extend his asylum.
WATCH: Brian Williams hosts live special with Snowden analysis at 11 p.m. ET
Ive from Day One said that Im doing this to serve my country, Snowden said in excerpts broadcast Wednesday on Nightly News. The extended, wide-ranging interview with Williams airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
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Snowden said his desire to return to his homeland is foremost in his mind. I dont think theres ever been any question that Id like to go home, he said.
But asked whether he would make a deal to return, Snowden said: My priority is not about myself. Its about making sure that these programs are reformed and that the family that I left behind, the country that I left behind can be helped by my actions.
The United States charged Snowden with theft and two counts of espionage after he revealed the breadth of National Security Agency surveillance programs, including the bulk collection of telephone and Internet data from Americans.
The interview with Williams was conducted in Moscow last week after months of preparation and is Snowdens first with a U.S. television network. Snowden maintained that the surveillance programs violated the Constitution on an enormous scale, and he said that he acted to serve his country.
Had that not happened, had the government not gone too far and overreached, we wouldnt be in a situation where whistleblowers were necessary, he said.
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Exclusive: Edward Snowden Tells Brian Williams: 'I'd Like to Go Home'
Edward Snowden, who became the most wanted fugitive in the world after he leaked government secrets and fled the country, tells Nightly News anchor Brian Williams: If I could go anywhere in the world, that place would be home.
In the exclusive interview, Snowden said amnesty or clemency would be for the public and the government to decide. He said that he sees himself as a patriot, while also revealing that he plans to ask Russia to extend his asylum.
WATCH: Brian Williams hosts live special with Snowden analysis at 11 p.m. ET
Ive from Day One said that Im doing this to serve my country, Snowden said in excerpts broadcast Wednesday on Nightly News. The extended, wide-ranging interview with Williams airs Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
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Snowden said his desire to return to his homeland is foremost in his mind. I dont think theres ever been any question that Id like to go home, he said.
But asked whether he would make a deal to return, Snowden said: My priority is not about myself. Its about making sure that these programs are reformed and that the family that I left behind, the country that I left behind can be helped by my actions.
The United States charged Snowden with theft and two counts of espionage after he revealed the breadth of National Security Agency surveillance programs, including the bulk collection of telephone and Internet data from Americans.
The interview with Williams was conducted in Moscow last week after months of preparation and is Snowdens first with a U.S. television network. Snowden maintained that the surveillance programs violated the Constitution on an enormous scale, and he said that he acted to serve his country.
Had that not happened, had the government not gone too far and overreached, we wouldnt be in a situation where whistleblowers were necessary, he said.
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