The White House: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden: "Mr. Snowden violated U.S. law," White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday about the former systems-analyst-turned-fugitive who has temporary asylum in Russia, according to Times Colonist. Snowden made the plea in a letter given to a German politician and released Friday. In his one-page typed letter, he asks for clemency for charges over allegedly leaking classified information about the NSA to the news media. "''Speaking the truth is not a crime," Snowden wrote and WASHINGTON - The White House and the leaders of the congressional intelligence committees are rejecting former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's plea for clemency. "He should return to the U.S. and face justice," Pfeiffer said when pressed about whether clemency was being discussed. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.