Eric Holder Hints at Snowden Plea Bargain
The attorney general adds that 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.
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Yeah, Snowden, come back here and be spied on by our rulers instead of those of the Russians. Of course you will have a criminal record so you will suffer the standard intrusive surveillance that all citizens do times a few million and plus on steroids.