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Edward Snowden ‘fears for his life,’ according to Russian state-run media
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/21/edward-snowden-fears-for-his-life-according-to-russian-state-run-media/
Edward Snowden ‘fears for his life,’ according to Russian state-run media
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:14 EST
The Russian lawyer of Edward Snowden said Tuesday that the fugitive US intelligence leaker has feared for his life since reading of explicit threats against him by unnamed Pentagon officials.
“There are real threats to his life out there that actually do exist,” Snowden’s lawyer Anatoly Kucherena told Russia’s state-run Vesti 24 rolling news channel.
“These statements call for physical reprisal against Edward Snowden,” Kucherena said.
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The fugitive’s lawyer said Snowden was especially concerned by comments from a US Army intelligence officer that outlined a specific scenario under which the leaker could be discreetly poisoned.
