C2, being a world renown legal authority, I can say that Edward Snowden is innocent of the planned charges because the secrecy agreement he is alleged to have signed was illegal.
It is illegal to conspire to agree with people who have done, intend to, and do commit crimes with the purpose of a secrecy agreement being to hide the criminal acts from due legal process and prosecution.
Edward was not privy to any secrets before signing the alleged agreement [which I have not seen and it might not exist]. So he cannot be guilty of those crimes. Nor can he be required to keep crimes secret under the alleged agreement once he does become aware of them.
On the contrary, he is legally obliged to withdraw his consent to the criminal conspiracy, thereby unsigning the illegal agreement which was never a valid or enforceable agreement, if it did exist. Which he has done. He has also published the illegal acts by the conspirators so that due legal process against those criminally active and conspiratorially supportive can be conducted.
If somebody required Edward to sign a document intending Edward to thereby become a co-conspirator, then that person is guilty not only of whatever part they took in the illegal actions but also of attempting to extend the criminal conspiracy to Edward. Conspiracy to commit crime against the people of the USA is treason as the USA is constituted of They the People, not of a sovereign [the usual treasonous situation]. Those criminals and conspirators such as Clapper and co-conspirators should be prosecuted and punished.
Obama, as co-conspirator and director of operations against They the People should be impeached for treason, bribery, high crimes and misdemeanours as per the constitution [which he knows all about so he can't plead ignorance]. President Biden should also be prosecuted as he likely is a co-conspirator. Next in line for the presidency would be ... ummm, need to check Google but isn't it the Speaker of the House of Representatives aka John Boehner? Yes, Google says so.
You're welcome,
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