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Obama administration to have mercy on nsa leaker edward snowden. "the new york times" and "the guardian" of britain are praising edward snowden, calling him a whistleblower and urging the u.s. to offer him a deal so he can return to the u.s. without the threat of life in prison. the abuses he has exposed, mr. snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight. he may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done his country a great service. it is time for the united states to offer mr. snowden a plea bargain or some type of clemency that would allow him to return home, ...

The "new york times" and "the guardian" are call him a whistle employeer and pushing for the government to either drop its case against him or offer him a deal so that he can return to the u.s. without fearing life in prison. "the times" editorial board writes this, "considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed and the abuses he has exposed, mr. snowden desesrves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight. he may have committed a crime to do so but he has done his country a great service. it is time for the united states to offer mr. snowden a plea bargain or s...

Recommending more than 40 changes in how the national security does business, the nsa. a task force will reportedly call for new limits on the information the nsa collects and how long they hold on to it. the president set up the task force in august after edward snowden released documents revealing the phone and internet surveillance programs. judge andrew napolitano is with us. let's start with the judge's ruling. >> richard leon, appointee of president bush, is the first judge to rule on the constitutionality in the context of the nsa resisting. it's not the nsa going to the judge alone, it...

Two unfortunate victims of this crime. >> medical examiners are now using dental and d.n.a. analysis to try and identify those two remaining victims. harris? >> well, what have you been able to find out about the suspect? >> well, harris, michael madison, he is a registered sex offender. he was a record going back as far as 14 years ago. in addition to a string of drug-related offenses, the 35-year-old served four years in prison after he pled guilty to attempted rape in 2002. and currently he is facing three counts of aggravated murder and an additional three counts of kidnapping. harris? >> ...

Transit zone in a few days. that's according to a lawyer who says he has been working with the national security agency leaker. the it attorney says that he expects russia it to approve ed snowden's application for temporary asylum within a week. the russian president vladimir putin says he warned ed snowden again do not do anything that might hurt relations between the united states and russia. the former nsa contractor has admitted that he did, indeed, leak classified documents and expose secret phone and internet surveillance programs. now, members of congress are threatening to limit the g...