Leaked Emails From Snowden’s Lawyer

To: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
From: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Dear John,

OK, so then we ‘re agreed. Edward Snowden will return to the U.S. Upon his return, he will be charged and stand trial for releasing classified documents to unauthorized persons but he won ‘t be charged under the 1917 Espionage Act, which would make it impossible for us to argue that his disclosures served the common good.

On behalf of myself and the rest of Mr. Snowden’s legal team, I want to thank the U.S. State Department for negotiating with us.

Ben

To: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
From: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Hey ‘ see below! He totally bought it!

To: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
From: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

John, I think you meant to ‘forward ‘ that, but instead you hit reply. I ‘m getting the feeling that you ‘re not going to honor our deal.

Ben

To: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
From: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Sorry, that was about something else. I will absolutely honor our deal.

To: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
From: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Hey ‘ see below! He totally bought it! Who do I contact to get him charged under the 1917 Espionage Act?

To: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
From: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

John, you still sent that to me. It distinctly feels like you ‘re not talking about something else. You ‘re talking about Snowden. If you ‘re going to charge him under the Espionage Act, it will make it impossible for us to defend him. He wants to do the right thing and stand trial for what he ‘s done. Please don ‘t make this difficult.

To: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
From: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Hi Ben,

Sorry, that really was in reference to someone else. Some guy who ‘s in ‘ uh ‘ India.

Love,
John

To: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
From: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Hi Ben,

Sorry, I didn ‘t mean to sign off that email with ‘love. ‘ I email my wife a lot. Force of habit.

Love,
John

To: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
From: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Let ‘s hope this works this time. Man, email is so complicated. What idiot designed it so that ‘forward ‘ and ‘reply ‘ are right next to each other? Crazy. LOL.

Anyway, Snowden ‘s coming back and we TOTALLY fooled his lawyer into thinking we ‘re not going to charge him under the Espionage Act. Ha ha. We are going to NAIL this guy. Do you think we can send him to Gitmo? Or do you think maybe we can arrange it so he can get shot the second he steps off the plane? Maybe we can shoot him, but make it seem like it was an ‘accident ‘ because of some ‘crazed lunatic. ‘ You know, like we did with Lee Harvey Oswald.

I ‘m going to email his lawyer right now, ask if we can get him to send us the flight details of his return. Man, that guy is so stupid. I ‘ve never seen a photo of him, but I bet that even his face is stupid.

To: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
From: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

Wow John. In the span of three emails, you managed to tell me you love me (twice), insult me, and undo our deal. You can ‘t tell me that the email was meant for someone else ‘ you used Snowden ‘s name in it. Deal is off. With no guarantees of a right to a fair trial, or even his safety, Snowden is staying in Russia. There was a chance that he would have had his day in court, but not anymore. I hope you ‘re happy.

To: ben.wizner@AmericanCivilLibertiesUnion.org
From: john.kerry@USDepartmentOfState.gov
Subject: Re: Snowden ‘s return

See below. Can you believe this guy? Like we can ‘t get someone to murder Snowden in Russia.

Love,
John