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Russia Considers Sending Snowden Back To US As a 'Gift' To Trump (nbcnews.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: U.S. intelligence has collected information that Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a "gift" to President Donald Trump -- who has called the NSA leaker a "spy" and a "traitor" who deserves to be executed. That's according to a senior U.S. official who has analyzed a series of highly sensitive intelligence reports detailing Russian deliberations and who says a Snowden handover is one of various ploys to "curry favor" with Trump. A second source in the intelligence community confirms the intelligence about the Russian conversations and notes it has been gathered since the inauguration. Snowden's ACLU lawyer, Ben Wizner, told NBC News they are unaware of any plans that would send him back to the United States. "Team Snowden has received no such signals and has no new reason for concern," Wizner said. Former deputy national security adviser Juan Zarate urged the Trump administration to be cautious in accepting any Snowden offer from Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White House had no comment, but the Justice Department told NBC News it would welcome the return of Snowden, who currently faces federal charges that carry a minimum of 30 years in prison. Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said talk about returning Snowden is "nonsense." If he were returned to American soil, Snowden -- a divisive figure in America who is seen by some as a hero and others as treasonous -- would face an administration that has condemned him in the strongest terms.
We're going to grab george soros and hand him to putin in exchange for snowden who will get yelled at and then pardoned.
A nazi dies in russia. Everyone else wins. Everyones happy.
The left only cares about Snowden now that Trump is in office, just like they only care about middle eastern refugees when it's not their guy bombing their homes and creating them in the first place. The fact that either Obama or Clinton would have had Snowden locked away in a dungeon somewhere given the chance doesn't matter to them. Only that Trump would too.
I call it a left-wing rag because it is a left-wing rag; part of the regressive left.
Continue to make the word "fascist" completely meaningless so when a real fascist comes along you'll have nothing to call him.
Did it ever occur to you, oh pea brained little oik, that the reason terrorist acts are relatively rare is because the security services are busy 24/7 trying to prevent attacks? Good grief.
All intelligence services have been doing that since forever. I'm really not sure why that surprises you. With respect to the Constitution, the security services are necessarily somewhat outside of the law. They have to be in order to function.
You can sign away your first amendment rights, especially if you work for the security services. How would they operate otherwise?
Fascinating. It isn't the Right running around campus shutting down free speech with violent protests. It's the regressive left.