Eric Holder Says Edward Snowden Could Possibly Work Out a Plea Deal

Former US Attorney General Eric Holder — the guy cable who filed a criminal complaint against Edward Snowden for three felony infraction of the Espionage Act — is now suggest that Snowdencould strike a plea dealif he fall back to the US .

In an interview with Yahoo News , Holderacknowledgedthat Snowden ’s whistleblowing start a “ necessary debate ” about privacy .

Asked if that mean the Justice Department might now be open to a plea bargain that allows Snowden to regress from his ego - imposed exile in Moscow , Holder answer : “ I certainly recollect there could be a base for a closure that everybody could at long last be satisfied with . I cogitate the possibility exists . ”

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In January , then - Attorney General Holdersaid that the Department of Justicewould “ pursue with his lawyers ” if Snowden wanted to get along back to the US , but only Snowden fessed up as guilty . Clemency was off the mesa .

“ The former attorney general ’s acknowledgement that Snowden ’s actions led to meaningful changes is welcome , ” Snowden ’s lawyer Ben Wizner tell Yahoo . “ This is significant … I do n’t think we ’ve get word this kind of respect from anybody at a Cabinet story before . ” Snowden has been resolutely opposed to return to face poky time , something that Holder sure as shooting bed .

Of naturally , Holder ’s not the Attorney General any longer , and a interpreter for Attorney General Loretta Lynch told Yahoo that the office ’s “ perspective regarding bringing Edward Snowden back to the United States to confront charges has not change , ” so it ’s not like Holder is voicing any official opinion . Still , this is one of Snowden ’s most belligerent initial opposite substantially softening his posture against the former NSA contractor .

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