Snowden rejects Russian intelligence agency offer

The former US National Security Agency contractor was dealt with the suggestion three years ago, WikiLeaks staffer Sarah Harrison said.
 
She added that Russia's Federal Security Service approached Snowden with the job offer in 2013, when he was stuck in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport for six weeks, the Associated Press reported.
 
The offer was made when he was unable to enter Russia or fly elsewhere because American authorities canceled his passport.
 
In a documentary airing late Monday, Harrison told German filmmakers that the Russian agency asked only once, and Snowden "didn't give anything to the Russians at all."
 
The US whistleblower began leaking classified intelligence documents in June 2013, revealing the extent of the NSA's spying activities.
 
He revealed that the spy agency has been collecting the phone records of millions of Americans and foreign nationals as well as political leaders around the world.
 
Following the revelations, Snowden fled the United States to avoid espionage charges.
 
In August 2013, Russia granted him asylum for one year and last year it granted him permission to stay in the country until August 2017.