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Think as this individual who runs this snowden task force at the nsa, thinks that maybe if he comes back to the united states, snowden, he could get amnesty in exchange for handing over all the documents? >> well, to me, that was the most extraordinary part of this "60 minutes" interview was that he even hinted this was a possibility. and of course, it was seen to be quickly shut down by the nsa director and by jay carney, the white house spokesman today. the idea that they would consider or eve...

Program and well see what comes of it. but this will all sort of feed into what happens next year, where president obama is going to have to address the overall surveillance issue and sort of how much he wants this to be part of his overall legacy. >> let me play a clip from the "60 minutes" report last night. they had a chance to interview the nsa official in charge of whats called the snowden task force to talk about the damage they believe was done. i want to play this clip. listen to this. >...

On that front. dana, were going to have a lot more on this later. thanks very much. were also learning more about edward snowden and the documents he took from the nsa. in an interview with "60 minutes," the man leading the snowden task force revealed the number, get this, 1.7 million documents, and he talked about the potential danger in leaking those documents to countries like china and russia. >> it would give them a road map what we know, what we dont know and give them implicitly a way t...