MOSCOW, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- U.S. secrets leaker Edward Snowden will ask Moscow for extra protection after a report U.S. civilian and military spies want him dead, his Russian lawyer said. <\/p>\n
Two officials -- one from the Pentagon and the other a National Security Agency analyst -- were quoted by BuzzFeed as saying they wanted to kill Snowden personally. <\/p>\n
\"We are concerned with the situation around Edward. We see statements made by some U.S. officials containing potential and implicit threats to his life,\" Anatoly Kucherena told reporters in Moscow. <\/p>\n
The Pentagon official, who was previously a U.S. Army Special Forces officer, was quoted in the BuzzFeed article Thursday as saying, \"I would love to put a bullet in his head.\" <\/p>\n
\"I do not take pleasure in taking another human being's life, having to do it in uniform, but he is single-handedly the greatest traitor in American history,\" the official was quoted as saying. <\/p>\n
The article, titled \"America's Spies Want Edward Snowden Dead,\" said U.S. intelligence operators bristle at the thought of Snowden. <\/p>\n
\"In a world where I would not be restricted from killing an American, I personally would go and kill him myself,\" an NSA analyst told the website. <\/p>\n
\"A lot of people share this sentiment,\" the analyst said. <\/p>\n
\"Most everyone I talk to says he needs to be tried and hung -- forget the trial and just hang him,\" a U.S. defense contractor said. <\/p>\n
An Army intelligence officer was quoted by BuzzFeed as describing how Snowden could be killed swiftly yet subtly. <\/p>\n
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