Posted on 12/15/2013 6:15:48 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
National Security Agency officials are considering a controversial amnesty that would return Edward Snowden to the United States, in exchange for the extensive document trove the whistleblower took from the agency.
An amnesty, which does not have the support of the State Department, would represent a surprising denouement to an international drama that has lasted half a year. It is particularly unexpected from a surveillance agency that has spent months insisting that Snowden’s disclosures have caused vast damage to US national security.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
The 60 Minutes story linked on Drudge call is ‘keys to kingdom’...
amnesty from prosecution sure...
but not some car accidents.. or dropping toasters into the bath... or falling pianos... or...
he’d have to be an idiot to trust anything those people say
Putin made it very clear....Russia have NEVER extradited someone seeking asylum....and neither has the United States.
Manning was convicted. Snowden ran away, ergo, they are now trying to get Snowden.
So sad.
Didn’t he hand off those documents? Isn’t it too late?
It’s a trap. Hussein lies.
I got it....free health care....dies from reaction to medication for a hangnail.
After reading the transcript of the 60 Minutes story on Drudge, I came away with the impression that they (NSA) are desperate. Snowden’s ability to clean them out, no matter how much they try to make him the bad guy, only shows what mickey-mouse security they had. We’ve seen this trend since the first Clinton, where normal WH security was considered old-fashioned. Well those chickens have come home...to roost.
A man who smuggled machine-guns to narcos specifically in order to generate grisly murder headlines.
A man guilty of uttering The Biggest Lie in US history publically over 50 times.
Could ANY PERSON trust him..?
The average person would say no, but there is NO WAY an ex NSA employee would do that.
Yeah. He works a deal, comes back to the U.S., turns over documents
and two days later he dies in a bad “accident”. Just coincidence, of course.
This article is misleading. I heard the number 3 guy on 60 Minutes say that his personal view was that amnesty should be considered. The number 1 guy, GEN Alexander said that he was opposed to amnesty. It seems that the Guardian is leaping several tall buildings with a single bound to reach this conclusion.
yes. he did already hand off the documents.
Still, I wonder how many people have died as a result of his revelations? How many now live in constant fear?
Would amnesty encourage Snowden copycats?
I don't care what happens to Snowden personally. I just want to minimize the net damage to the United States from release of classified documents, now and in the future. If amnesty does that, fine.
Bingo!
I got it....free health care....dies from reaction to medication for a hangnail.
Like how Steve Bridges, the man who did a devastating parody of obama, died of anaphylactic shock?
It is handy for the government to know everyone's medical history after all, isn't it?
Yeah right. If Snowden comes back he’ll end up dead.
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