a harmful way snowden denies having collaborated with the russian government he now has a russian residency permit until 2020 and lives at an undisclosed address in moscow . well a man who has been connected to snowden from the beginning of this story joins me tonight robert to vo is snowden s lawyer and he is one of the people that snowden credits with saving his wife mr joins me tonight from the city of howell facts in nova scotia canada mr tabor welcome to the day i want to ask you a belt something that snowden said earlier today on the u.s. network c.b.s. . he said that the publication of his new book is leading germany and france to ask should we give snowden asylum is this new book is it part of your client s plan to ask for asylum here in germany well just to clarify in
credits with saving his life mr devoe joins me tonight from the city of halifax in nova scotia canada mr tabor welcome to the day i want to ask you a belt something that snowden said earlier today on the u.s. network c.b.s. . he said that the publication of his new book is leading germany and france to ask should we give snowden asylum is this new book is it part of your client s plan to ask for asylum here in germany well just to clarify in in 2013 when mr snowden departed from on call and in transit through moscow he stopped. short he had applied for asylum in about 21 countries around the world if i m not mistaken germs on them. and france is one of them and also asylum requests or. at this time has just
in an attempt to curry favor with the president. now, yesterday snowden tweeted that he believes these reports prove he obviously is not a russian spy, because a country would never give up a spy that could then harm them. and today he tweeted more suggesting the russian government is actually out to get him, tweeting, quote: days ago i criticized the russian government s oppressive new big brother law, now threatening rumors, but i won t stop. i don t know if the rumors are true, but i can tell you this, i am not afraid. there are things that must be said no matter the consequence. don t be afraid, be ready. there are more of us than them. russia has granted snowden asylum until 2020, fueling accusations he has given russia u.s. secrets in return for safe refuge. and a department of justice has made it clear they would welcome snowden s return back to the u.s. he s facing at least 30 years in prison for violating the espionage act, and snowden s lawyers insist he would like to come ba
no country trades away spies as the rest would fear they are next. russia has granted snowden asylum until 2020, fueling accusations he has given russia u.s. secrets in return for safe refuge. the department of justice has made it clear they would welcome snowden s return to the u.s. he s facing at least 30 years in prison for violating the espionage act. snowden stole top secret documents in 2013 while working as a contractor for the nsa. he gave those documents to journalists who exposed top secret domestic and global surveillance programs. julie? julie: all right, brian, here in new york, thank you. kelly: investigators this france arresting four people in connection with a planned terror attack that was allegedly in the works including a 16-year-old girl. prosecutors saying a raid uncovered a makeshift laboratory and ingredients to make a bomb. kitty low began is live from kitty logan is live from london with more. reporter: the french interior ministry says those