I'm pretty sure Holder's “everybody” doesn't include me, and do I need to remind ANYone that the US government's law enforcement agencies cannot be trusted?In an interview with Yahoo News, [former AG Eric] 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 on the bulk collection of phone records of American citizens.
Asked if that meant the Justice Department might now be open to a plea bargain that allows Snowden to return from his self-imposed exile in Moscow, Holder replied: “I certainly think there could be a basis for a resolution that everybody could ultimately be satisfied with. I think the possibility exists.”
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Holder declined to discuss what the outlines of a possible deal might consist of, saying that as the former attorney general, it would not be “appropriate” for him to discuss it.
Yahoo News
Not to mention, Holder has gone through the revolving door back into megabucks bankster lobby lawyering and no longer has any say whatsoever in the decisions of the DOJ. “Not appropriate” for him to discuss it, indeed.
Why did Yahoo not pose this question to the CURRENT Attorney General? They did? Oh, well, let's see what she had to say...
Melanie Newman, chief spokeswoman for Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Holder’s successor, immediately shot down the idea that the Justice Department was softening its stance on Snowden.
“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,” she said in an email.
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