Eric Holder Says DoJ Could Strike Deal With Snowden; Current AG Takes Hard Line

cold fjord writes with the report at Yahoo that Former Attorney General Eric Holder said today that a "possibility exists" for the Justice Department to cut a deal with ... Edward Snowden that would allow him to return to the United States ... Holder said "we are in a different place as a result of the Snowden disclosures" and that "his actions spurred a necessary debate" that prompted President Obama and Congress to change policies ... "I certainly think there could be a basis for a resolution that everybody could ultimately be satisfied with. I think the possibility exists." A representative of current Attorney General Loretta Lynch, though, said that there has been no change in the government's position ("This is an ongoing case so I am not going to get into specific details but I can say our position regarding bringing Edward Snowden back to the United States to face charges has not changed."), Holder's musings aside. As the article points out, too, "any suggestion of leniency toward Snowden would likely run into strong political opposition in Congress as well as fierce resistance from hard-liners in the intelligence community."

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Re:Oh, really?

[cold fjord]

I'm sure there are new policies in place that probably deal with people like Snowden extrajudicially.

That's nonsense. Terrorists affiliated with al Qaeda or ISIS get killed because we are at war with them. Anyone else is going through the criminal justice system. That is unless you are claiming that Snowden is affiliated with al Qaeda or Isis? Is that your claim? If so, what is the evidence?

Re:Deal

[king neckbeard]

No, go fuck yourself. When it comes to human rights, we shouldn't be treading water, we should setting world records for the best protections for human rights, and aim to make ourselves a decade ago look like filthy savages.