That's an incredibly naive comment. He most likely faces extradition to the US for espionage. There's been no formal charges but senior US officials have hinted as much. Given how the US has treated journalists lately I think he has ample reasons to expect an unfair closed door trial in the US.

Here'sa bit about it, http://www.alternet.org/rss/breaking_news/1003054/does_the_u...