NSA official Rick Ledgett, who has been with the agency for 25 years, suggested offering whistleblower Edward Snowden amnesty, but agency head Gen. Keith Alexander squashed the idea. About 31,000 of the possibly 1.7 million documents Snowden stole from the agency contain information that could be helpful to enemies of the U.S., Ledgett said. It would be worth discussing a possible Snowden amnesty if he could provide assurances that the rest of the data he has could be secured, but the bar would be set "very high."Snowden Amnesty Idea Kicked Around
NSA official Rick Ledgett, who has been with the agency for 25 years, suggested offering whistleblower Edward Snowden amnesty, but agency head Gen. Keith Alexander squashed the idea. About 31,000 of the possibly 1.7 million documents Snowden stole from the agency contain information that could be helpful to enemies of the U.S., Ledgett said. It would be worth discussing a possible Snowden amnesty if he could provide assurances that the rest of the data he has could be secured, but the bar would be set "very high."
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