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Source: Reuters
Reuters in New York
theguardian.com, Sunday 26 January 2014 18.50 GMT
The National Security Agency leaker, Edward Snowden, would be willing to enter talks with attorney general Eric Holder to negotiate his return to the US, his legal adviser said on Sunday, but not without a guarantee of amnesty.
Jesselyn Radack said she was glad Holder indicated last week he would talk to lawyers for Snowden to negotiate his return from Russia, but said that he would need better protection.
"It's a little disheartening that (Holder) seemed to take clemency and amnesty off the table, which are two of the negotiating points," said Radack, who was interviewed via satellite from Moscow by NBC's Meet the Press. "But again, none of us have been contacted yet about restarting negotiations."
Holder said in an interview on MSNBC on Thursday that the US would not consider the idea of amnesty for Snowden "where we say, 'No harm, no foul'".
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Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Harm to the US has already happened so that part is over. Hope he has found Russia to his liking.
on point
(2,506 posts)He worked to save the constitution and country from the evils of totalitarian rule. He deserves our grateful thanks.
It is the people in the NSA that should see jail time
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)on point
(2,506 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)It not correct side of our laws.
on point
(2,506 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)a pardon won't work! How about he come back to the U.S. and the courts try him and then maybe a pardon can be requested!
on point
(2,506 posts)Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)Un-constitutional and until it has been or it has been repealed it is the standing statue. Also the last time I am aware of, theft is still a chargeable crime and I don't see it changing anytime in the next few years. Don't think one can be pardoned unless tried and convicted so proper order has to be followed. Admit it, the guy broke the law, even his advisors are attempting to make a deal.
whistler162
(11,155 posts)1000words
(7,051 posts)for the sake of vindication, and a final "fuck you," I would leverage my way into having the U.S. offer a deal.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)lest he get sucked up in the FEVER of RW over here in USA and a President/NSA/Private Contractor Group... who wishes Snowden had never existed or leaked info and wants to make him an example.
1awake
(1,494 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)Of course, the NSA's efforts only cost lives, not (EEK!) embarrassment to politicians and the MIC.