Putin Says Snowden Did Not Leak U.S. Data to Russia
Source: Newsweek
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT SAYS EDWARD SNOWDEN DID NOT LEAK U.S. INTELLIGENCE TO MOSCOW
BY DAMIEN SHARKOV ON 6/14/17 AT 1:32 PM
Russian President Vladimir Putin has denied that U.S. fugitive Edward Snowden, who is currently living in Russia, ever offered to hand Moscow sensitive information in exchange for asylum.
“We made first contact with Mr. Snowden in China,” Putin said, reflecting on Snowden’s departure from the U.S. following his leak of tens of thousands of National Security Agency and British Government Communications Headquarters documents in 2013. The Russian president was speaking to U.S. filmmaker Oliver Stone for his four-part documentary series for Showtime called The Putin Interviews.
“That’s when we were told that there is this person who wants to fight for human rights and against their violation. And we need to give credit to Mr. Snowden. He never took it upon himself to give us any kind of information,” Putin said.
However, Putin told Stone that Russia was “not prepared” to welcome Snowden at first. “We have such complicated relations with the U.S., and we don’t need additional complications,” the Russian president explained. According to Putin, Snowden’s arrival in Moscow came as a surprise to the Kremlin, as it was initially only intended as a transit flight to Latin America.
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/russian-president-edward-snowden-did-not-leak-us-intelligence-moscow-625693
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From Putin's lips...must be the real scoop...true or not, if Putin says so...
Putin said it; it must be true. 
This alone should put at rest the Snowden worship here on DU.
