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Edward Snowden Says He’s Volunteered to Go to Prison in Plea Deal

HeadlineOct 06, 2015

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden says he has offered to go to prison as part a plea deal that would allow him to return to the United States from Russia. But Snowden says the Justice Department has not contacted him to discuss the potential deal. In an interview with the BBC, Snowden said, “I’ve volunteered to go to prison with the government many times. What I won’t do is I won’t serve as a deterrent to people trying to do the right thing in difficult situations.”

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