So far, the US authorities have focused on bringing Snowden home to face espionage charges. But it is in America’s national interest to ensure that the Vienna Convention is respected – without question and as a matter of routine – in order to ensure the safety and inviolability of its own missions abroad.
目前，美国当局意欲将斯诺登引渡回国以间谍罪起诉。但确保维也纳公约得到尊重——作为惯例的不容置疑的尊重——符合美国利益，这能确保其本国驻外使团的安全和不可侵犯性。