U.S. Department of Justice former NSA contractor Edward Snowden received espionage and theft of government property, the National Security Agency to monitor the situation.
Snowden believed holed up in Hong Kong, has admitted two highly secret National Security Agency's monitoring program to provide information to the news media.
A one-page criminal complaint said that in Alexandria, Virginia, federal court Zhouwu Qi Feng Snowdon in defense and deliberate dissemination of information classified communications intelligence information from unauthorized communications. Both are "Espionage Act" under fee. Snowden has also been accused of stealing government property. All three offenses carry up to 10 years imprisonment.
The complaint Eastern District of Virginia federal court Snowdon's former employer, the government contractor Booz Allen Hamilton headquarters.
June 14 complaint within five days after Snowden's name first surfaced as telephone and Internet records gathered NSA terrorist plot uncovered two programs who leaked the information.
Complaints may be the U.S. government's efforts, from Hong Kong, the process may become a long legal battle extradition Snowdon is an integral part. , Snowden can challenge the extradition of political persecution. Under normal circumstances, the U.S. extradition agreement between Hong Kong and the obligations excepts political crimes, a man stood up.
It is unclear late Friday whether the U.S. extradition request has been made. On Saturday, the Hong Kong Legislative Council said that the Chinese government should make the final decision whether Snowdon should be extradited to the United States.
Outspoken Leung Kwok-hung said that the Legislative Council, Hong Kong, Beijing should indicate protection Snowdon extradition before his case through the court system has been delayed. Liang also called on Hong Kong people "took to the streets to protect Snowdon." "Washington Post" was first reported by Snowden's allegations.
Espionage Act "may be said to be a political crime. Obama administration has spent an unprecedented effort to curb the leakage behavior of the seven criminal cases, one of which, the Army Pfc Bradley Manning admitted that he sent more than 700,000 battlefield reports, anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks diplomatic cables and other materials. his military trial lasted.
Sen. Bill Nelson, D-FLA, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, welcomed the Snowdon allegations. "I always thought this is a rebellious act," he said in a statement. "I hope that the Government detained him, extradite him to the United States."
But the Government Accountability Project, a whistleblower advocacy organization, Snowden said it should be shielded to protect whistleblowers legal prosecution. "He said he reasonably believes to be illegal the secret plans, and his act alone on privacy and civil liberties appropriate balance between, on the one hand, on the security of other countries brought the long-awaited national Debate, "team said in a statement.
In Pretoro, a retired 30-year-old veteran, who served the FBI from 1990 to 1994 in the United States Consulate in Hong Kong's legal liaison officer Michael Di said: "The United States and Hong Kong, the relationship between the history of law enforcement officers is pretty good. "
The di Pretoro said: "In my time, I feel great extent, I almost felt like I was in the FBI field office level of cooperation."
U.S. and Hong Kong have a permanent surrender of fugitive offenders. However, the right to appeal Snowdon drag any extradition proceedings.
The success of any extradition proceedings depends on what kind of criminal suspects accused, under U.S. law, as well as how it is equivalent to Hong Kong law, according to the treaty. Hong Kong officials to honor the extradition request, they must have some corresponding accordance with its laws violate applicable U.S. laws and regulations.
In Iceland, business executives said on Friday that private aircraft on standby transport Snowdon from Hong Kong to Iceland, the Icelandic government although not receive asylum requests from Snowdon.
Business executive Olafur Vignir Sigurvinsson said he had been in contact with the others on behalf of Snowdon and the United States itself had not spoken. Private donations are being collected to pay the flight, he said.
"There are some who are interested in understanding the importance of freedom of expression and to know who is spying on us," Sigurvinsson said. "We care about the privacy of the people."
Disclosure of a criminal complaint to the U.S. President Barack Obama held his privacy and civil liberties committee's first meeting, his intelligence chief to seek ways to help Americans understand more about the exposure by Snowden sweeping government surveillance efforts.
Little-known privacy and civil liberties of the five members of the Oversight Committee met with Obama one hour in the White House Situation Room, questioning the president's two NSA program sparked controversy.
A program collects billions of U.S. telephone records. The second set of audio, video, e-mail, Internet search usage photography and foreign nationals abroad, there may be some Americans in the process, who use the major vendors such as Microsoft, Google, Apple and Yahoo.
 



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