here's what carney had to say, brooke. >> the president made a call to president putin, and if he has not, why not? >> again, i don't have presidential communications to read out to you except to say there is no reason why, given international law, given the relationships that we have with the countries in question, that this would require a communication from the president. again, i'm not reading out presidential communications. there are communications at all the appropriate levels. and we note as i just did that we have a strong cooperative relationship with the russians on law enforcement matters. and we expect the russians to examine the options available to them to expel mr. snowden for his return to the united states. >> brooke, there is a long history of russia returning violent criminals to the u.s. but if they view snowden as a criminal of conscience or a man who committed a political crime,