‘Truth is coming’

NSA leaker says he plans to reveal more about the spy programs,

NSA leaker Edward Snowden, answering questions Monday in a live blog on his revelations about the topsecret agency, denied charges he was spying for China and vowed to release more details on the National Security Agency’s “direct access” to the tech companies’ servers.

“Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped,” Snowden said, according to The Guardian, which held the “live chat” on its website.

Snowden said that the federal government “is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me.”

Snowden, a former NSA contractor who fled the United States after revealing top-secret details on the government’s collection of Americans’ phone and Internet records, has said he “does not expect to see home again.”

Snowden denied any plans to give information to China in exchange for asylum.

“Ask yourself: If I were a Chinese spy, why wouldn’t I have flown directly into Beijing? I could be living in a palace petting a phoenix by now,” he said.

Asked why he fled to Hong Kong, Snowden said the U.S. government “immediately and predictably destroyed any possibility of a fair trial at home” and declared him guilty of treason. On other issues, Snowden:

Insisted he didn’t reveal any U.S. operations against military targets.

Said he was initially “very encouraged” by the public response to the leaked information.

Said he did not release the NSA documents during the prior administration because then-candidate Barack Obama’s campaign promises and election “gave me faith that he would lead us toward fixing the problems he outlined in his quest for votes.”

Said Google, Facebook and other tech companies had been “misleading ” in their denials of knowing about a giant government surveillance program called PRISM.