奧巴馬：泄密事件顯示國安局“重大薄弱環節”
U.S. President Barack Obama says the disclosure of the government's clandestine surveillance programs by a former intelligence contractor shows that there is a "pretty significant vulnerability" at the secretive National Security Agency.
But at a news conference Thursday in Senegal, the U.S. leader said he has no intention of "wheeling, dealing and trading" with foreign governments to secure the return of Edward Snowden to stand trial on espionage charges.
Snowden fled to Hong Kong and leaked details of two NSA programs that monitor telephone and Internet communications in the United States. Later Snowden flew to Russia, where he is living in a transit zone at a Moscow airport while seeking asylum in Ecuador.
Mr. Obama said he had not called either Chinese President Xi Jinping or Russian President Vladimir Putin to request Snowden's extradition. The president said he "should not have to" and the extradition request should be dealt with through "regular legal channels."
He said, "This is something that routinely is dealt with between law enforcement officials in various countries."
Mr. Putin says Russia does not plan to extradite Snowden to the United States.美國總統奧巴馬說，前美國情報合同工斯諾登泄露了政府的祕密監控項目，這顯示，祕密的國家安全局存在“相當嚴重的薄弱環節”。
不過，星期四在塞內加爾舉行的記者會上，奧巴馬總統說，他無意和外國政府“討價還價做交易”來保證斯諾登返回美國接受間諜罪審判。
斯諾登泄露了國安局兩項高保密的電話和互聯網通訊監控項目並逃到香港。他後來飛往俄羅斯。目前他生活在莫斯科一處機場的轉機區內，同時尋求厄瓜多爾的庇護。
奧巴馬說，他沒有爲了要求引渡斯諾登而打電話給中國國家主席習近平或俄羅斯總統普京。奧巴馬總統說，他“不應該這樣做”，引渡要求應通過“正常法律渠道”處理。他說，“這是各國執法官員之間的日常處理的業務。”
普京說，俄羅斯沒有把斯諾登引渡給美國的計劃。
