US Hints At Edward Snowden Plea Bargain To Allow Return From Russia -- The Guardian
Attorney general prepared to 'engage in conversation' with NSA whistleblower but says full clemency is 'going too far'.
The attorney general, Eric Holder, has indicated that the US could allow the national security whistleblower Edward Snowden to return from Russia under negotiated terms, saying he was prepared to “engage in conversation” with him.
Holder said in an MSNBC interview that full clemency would be “going too far”, but his comments suggest that US authorities are prepared to discuss a possible plea bargain with Snowden, who is living in exile in Russia.
Snowden, who took part in a live webchat at about the same time Holder’s remarks were made public, defended his leaks, saying weak whistleblower protection laws prevented him from raising his concerns through formal channels.
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He has something they are very afraid of if they're talking publicly like this.
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