斯諾登表示願意返回美國

Fugitive self-proclaimed spy and NSA secrets leaker Edward Snowden says he wants to return home to the United States.

In his first interview on U.S. television, Snowden told NBC-TV newsman Brian Williams Wednesday that he sees himself as a patriot, but that until he can return to the U.S. he plans to ask Russia to extend his asylum.

He sought to defend himself against charges by the Obama administration that he is a traitor who endangered lives by revealing the extent of an NSA spying program.

Asked whether he would make a deal to return, Snowden said he first wants to make "sure that these programs are reformed," and that the family and country he left behind can be helped by his actions.自稱美國國家安全局間諜的在逃犯斯諾登說，他希望返回美國。

在星期三首次接受美國電視臺採訪時，斯諾登對全國廣播公司電視新聞主播威廉斯說，他自認爲是愛國者，但在能夠返回美國之前，他計劃籲請俄羅斯延長對他的庇護。

奧巴馬政府指控斯諾登叛國，泄露國安局監視項目，危及有關人員的生命，而斯諾登爲自己進行了辯護。

當被問到是否願意爲返回美國而尋求達成一項協議時，斯諾登表示首先希望確保改革那些監視項目，並希望家庭和國家能因他的行動而得到幫助。