On: U.S. charges Edward Snowden with espionage

[crazygringo]

Can someone explain how he can be charged with espionage? Is there some meaning of that which covers leakers of information, like leaking the Pentagon Papers, when it's to the press (and not to another government or company)?

[Tangaroa → crazygringo]

Someone could, but the explanation is secret. Ironic, isn't it?

[XorNot → crazygringo]

Well you know, he has been leaking details of NSA operations against foreign powers to those foreign powers. That's espionage by any definition.