US Govt Says Won't Seek Death Penalty For Snowden By Pete Yost | Associated Press | 07/26/2013 Excerpts: WASHINGTON (AP) Attorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. In a letter dated July 23, the attorney general said the criminal charges Snowden faces do not carry the death penalty and that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty even if Snowden were charged with additional death penalty-eligible crimes. Holder says his letter follows news reports that Snowden, who leaked information on largely secret electronic surveillance programs, has filed papers seeking temporary asylum in Russia on grounds that if he were returned to the United States, he would be tortured and would face the death penalty. The attorney general's letter was sent to Alexander Vladimirovich Konovalov, the Russian minister of justice. Holder's letter is part of an ongoing campaign by the U.S. government to get Snowden back. The attorney general's letter may allay reported Russian concerns about how Snowden might be treated if he is deported to the U.S. Some Russian politicians, including parliament speaker Sergei Naryshkin, have said Snowden should be granted asylum to protect him from the death penalty. If Snowden were to go to a country that opposes the death penalty, providing assurances that the U.S. won't seek the death penalty may remove at least one obstacle to his return to the U.S. "I can report that the United States is prepared to provide to the Russian government the following assurances regarding the treatment Mr. Snowden would face upon return to the United States," Holder wrote. "First, the United States would not seek the death penalty for Mr. Snowden should he return to the United States." In addition, "Mr. Snowden will not be tortured. Torture is unlawful in the United States," Holder's letter said. Asked by a reporter whether the government's position had changed, Dmitry Peskov told Russian news agencies that "Russia has never extradited anyone and never will." There is no U.S.-Russia extradition treaty.' http://netscape.compuserve.com/news/story/1001/20130726/G0307 ...... IMO: Snowden should stay in Russia until he can return home as the hero that he is as a whistle-blower, instead of being treated as a criminal for something he has never legally been charged. But the Obama administration realy wants him back to punish him for what they suggest is espionage concerning an action that is considered by many as justifiable in order to warn American citizens what their President and Congress are doing illegally, secretively, and what would be viewed as spying on their own American citizens under the old GW Bush guise of terrorist threats. Holder has already stated that there wiould be no death penalty and no torture, "as there is no torture in the United States." They could stash him in Guantanamo Bay, or any of the secret torture camps that are still open around the world ready and willing to torture Snowden. Question: What good did the NSA illicit meta data gathering do concerning the Boston Marathon Bombing? Did it halt any deaths or injuries? Did it encourage the Boston swat teams to run amuck thru the towns in their crazed search for the suspects? Did it stop the actual bombing? How successful was the meta data collection of private phone calls on Edward Snowden in his decision to become a whistle-blower?
Granny says dey oughta snatch him when he comes out to catch a taxi... Snowden leaves airport after Russia grants asylum 1 Aug.`13 National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left the transit zone of a Moscow airport and officially entered Russia after authorities granted him asylum for a year, his lawyer said Thursday, a move that suggests the Kremlin isn't shying away from further conflict with the United States.
Snowden sabotagin' any efforts to bring him home... EU to member states: Drop charges, protect 'human rights defender' Snowden from U.S. Oct. 29, 2015 - "This is not a blow against the U.S. government, but an open hand extended by friends. It is a chance to move forward," Snowden tweeted Thursday. See also: Edward Snowden: U.S. shares South Korea information with spy network Oct. 30, 2015 - Classified South Korea military information is shared with a wider network in a spying alliance that includes the United States, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Good thing our guys found that South Korea had hacked Hillary's server, huh? That's just the problem with Snowden. He now thinks he outside the Law, and that he can decide when he wants to release some Classified Intel. Not figuring out others beside who he is talking to is digging into US Business. Nothing should be off the table. He has committed Treason. He knows the Russians have been caught hacking us, and thru Hillary and her people. So to the Chinese.
