NSA leaker Edward Snowden's father arrives in Moscow June 2013 file photo provided by The Guardian Newspaper in London shows Edward Snowden, who worked as a contract employee at the National Security Agency, in Hong Kong / AP Photo/The Guardian, File, Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras MOSCOW The father of former NSA agent Edward Snowden has arrived in Moscow to meet with his son, who received asylum in Russia in August. The 30-year-old systems analyst has been charged in federal court in Virginia with violations of the Espionage Act for leaking details of previously unknown, sweeping U.S. government surveillance programs. Edward Snowden was stuck at a Moscow airport for more than a month after his arrival in Hong Kong before he was granted asylum by Russia. His whereabouts remain secret. Snowden's father, Lon Snowden, told Russian television outside the Moscow airport Thursday morning his son isn't planning to return to the United States. The Reuters news agency reports Lon Snowden said he hadn't been in direct contact with Edward. Lon Snowden thanked Russia and President Vladimir Putin for sheltering his son. He would not say when or where he will be meeting Edward.,/p> A Snowden family lawyer told reporters in the Moscow airport that other relatives would also be heading to Russia to see Edward.