Snowden won’t return to US without amnesty, says legal adviser

Edward Snowden would be willing to enter talks with US attorney general Eric Holder to negotiate his return to the United States but not without a guarantee of amnesty, his legal adviser said yesterday.

Jesselyn Radack said she was glad Holder indicated last week he would talk to lawyers for the former US spy agency contractor to negotiate his return from Moscow, but that Snowden would need better protection.

"It's a little disheartening that he (Holder) seemed to take clemency and amnesty off the table, which are two of the negotiating points," said Radack, who was interviewed via satellite from Moscow by NBC's Meet the Press.

Holder said in an interview on MSNBC on Thursday the United States would not consider the idea of amnesty for Snowden “where we say, no harm, no foul”. – (Reuters)