Snowden Amnesty Deal
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WILL NSA PURSUE AMNESTY DEAL WITH EDWARD SNOWDEN?
In a wide-ranging piece about the National Security Agency on “60 Minutes” Sunday night, one agency official indicated that making an amnesty deal with NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in exchange for the files he took is “worth having a conversation about.”
But Richard Ledgett, in charge of getting to the bottom of damage that Snowden’s leaks caused, underscored that making a deal with Snowden isn’t a unanimous feeling among his associates and that much would need to happen first.
From the Left
NSA official: Snowden amnesty 'worth having a conversation about'
The top NSA official tasked with assessing the damage from Edward Snowden's leaks says he would consider amnesty for the former contractor in exchange for a halt to the flow of top secret information about U.S. spying.
Snowden, currently in Moscow evading a U.S. warrant for his arrest on espionage charges, leaked information on widespread data collection that's spurred outcry and forced President Barack Obama to review the spy agency's powers.
"My personal view is, yes, it's worth having a conversation about. I would need assurances that the...
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Officials Say U.S. May Never Know Extent of Snowden’s Leaks
American intelligence and law enforcement investigators have concluded that they may never know the entirety of what the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden extracted from classified government computers before leaving the United States, according to senior government officials
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