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>> clemency, a simple, you know, no harm-no foul, i think that would be going too far. but in the resolution of this matter, with an acceptance of responsibility, you know, we would always, you know, engage in those kinds of conversations. >> so miss radack, what about mr. snowden? does he want to enter into those conversations? >> sure. we're always glad to entertain conversations, and we're glad that holder made that statement. it's a little disheartening that he seemed to take clemency and amnesty off the table which are two negotiating points. but again, none of us have been contacted yet ...

He's made it abundantly clear in the past that he believes that snowden should be in prison. jeffrey, that's your perspective on him. what sort of deal do you think the justice department may be considering giving snowden a guilty plea. this isn't clemancy that they are putting out there. >> right. the department of justice also has clients. they represent the entire government. think about how angry people at the nsa are about him. the justice department represents the whole government, including the nsa. so if they were to give him some sort of deal that involved probation or immunity, i jus...

Administration and frankly a lot of members of congress are like, okay, no slowing down and what is this mean? one of the big negotiating points over the next 18 months that has taken place in afghanistan is what is the size force that is going to be there after 2014? and, you know, karzai is trying to -- he won't say it, but he wants more u.s. forces there because that is what keeps him alive. ultimately that is what this is about is his survival. a lot of times a lot of of what he says in public is about -- is sort of -- it's about negotiating almost on that specific issue more than anything...

for the nuts and bolts on this fias fiasco, it's the impact on the markets and your own investments. alison kosik joins us now. just what was this massive trading bet all about? before it went south? >> reporter: fredricka, what jpmorgan essentially did was made a big game am. they made risky bets and lost. the bets they made were to protect against possible losses on jpmorgan's other investments, but clearly they backfired and the bets produced losses of their own. how did this come out? it came out in a surprise conference call that ceo jamie diamond called for lamon called. shares...

All. he did emphasize his security speech from thursday, but i think he was very clearly telling the pro-israel group that this is in israel's long term interest and he needed to do this before he went support that movement in the u.n. in september, chuck, right? >> reporter: andrea, how nervous are the israelis and the prime minister netanyahu that at the g-8 there's going to be a unanimous endorsement of the president's division for what the peace process looks like, where the negotiating points begin publicly because that's very possible that a lot of speculation that that is something that...