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While there may be
little credibility to the latest US media report claiming Moscow will present President Donald Trump with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the
whistleblower pointed to it as "irrefutable evidence" of his lack of any ties with Russian intelligence."Finally: irrefutable evidence that I never cooperated with Russian intel.
No country trades away spies, as the rest would fear they're next," Snowden wrote on his Twitter. While it was not immediately clear if he was being
sarcastic or seriously concerned, the CIA employee-turned-whistleblower accompanied his tweet with several pre-inauguration retweets from January, when the topic of
Snowden becoming Vladimir Putin's gift to Trump was all the rage in US media.Speaking to Katie Couric in December, Snowden used a similar argument when asked about his feelings on possible extradition to the US. Admitting that he is concerned for his life and liberty, the whistleblower argued that on the other hand
an extradition would be an excellent proof of his independence."I'm actually kind of encouraged... It wasn't so many years ago that people were saying, 'This guy's a Russian spy.' But countries don't give up their spies," the renowned whistleblower told Couric, alleging that as
a critic of the Russian government policies he might have turned into a burden for Moscow. The whistleblower went on to suggest that his handover to the US authorities would clear him of any suspicion and serve as a "vindication...of the fact that
I have always worked on behalf of the United States."
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