FBI Attempt To Fly Edward Snowden's Father To Moscow Collapses

Lonnie Snowden spoke to Russian TV from a studio in the US. BBC

Edward Snowden's Father Says FBI Asked Him To Fly To Moscow -- The Guardian

Lon Snowden says agency wanted him to encourage whistleblower to return to US.

The father of the whistleblower Edward Snowden has said the FBI tried to persuade him to fly to Moscow so that he could encourage his son to return to the United States.

"I said: 'I want to be able to speak with my son … Can you set up communications?' and it was 'Well, we are not sure,' Lon Snowden told the Washington Post. "I said: 'Wait a minute, folks, I'm not going to sit on the tarmac to be an emotional tool for you.'"

Snowden's father, who is retired from the US Coast Guard, also said he preferred Edward to remain in Russia, where he is stuck in the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport while Russia considers his request for temporary asylum.

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