re: #104 piratedan

The part I don’t know yet, has the US actually filed charges against him and if so, what charges?

US charges NSA leaker Snowden with espionage

usnews.nbcnews.com

Snowden has been charged with three violations: theft of government property and two offenses under the espionage statutes, specifically giving national defense information to someone without a security clearance and revealing classified information about “communications intelligence.”