The father of NSA whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden has published an open letter to his son.
Lon Snowden's message — co-written by Washington, D.C., lawyer Bruce Fein — compares Edward Snowden to American revolutionaries Thomas Paine and Paul Revere while denouncing the U.S. government's global spying practices.
Snowden has now been stuck in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport for nine days after his U.S. passport was revoked. He's seeking asylum in 20 countries, but his prospects don't look great.
The last paragraph appears to be a plea for the 30-year-old to get in touch:
"We encourage you to engage us in regular exchanges of ideas or thoughts about approaches to curing or mitigating the hugely suboptimal political culture of the United States."
On Monday Snowden released a statement through WikiLeaks. Over the weekend The Wall Street Journal reported that WikiLeaks may have convinced Snowden to flee Hong Kong for Moscow in an effort to eventually reach Ecuador, but he now finds himself in a precarious position.
The country's general counsel in the London embassy, where WikiLeaks founder is holed up, provided Snowden with a travel document before President Rafael Correa said it is invalid.
This morning Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald told Fox and Friends that he has not spoken to Snowden since the ex-Booz Allen employee left Hong Kong on June 23.
On Monday Greenwald, who has published some of the materials that expose widespread U.S. spying, stated that "Snowden's leak is basically done. It's newspapers — not Snowden — deciding what gets disclosed and in what sequence."
Here's the full letter:
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