Father 'confident' of return
The father of former US intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden said in an interview he is reasonably confident that his son will return to the United States as long as certain conditions are met.
Those conditions could include not detaining Snowden before any trial, NBC News said on Friday. He planned to make that point in a letter to US Attorney General Eric Holder to be sent through his lawyer.
Lonnie Snowden, in part of the NBC interview that aired on the Today Show, also said he is concerned that his son was being manipulated by others, including people from WikiLeaks.
"Wikileaks - if you look at past history - their focus isn't necessarily the Constitution of the United States. It's simply to release as much information as possible. So that alone is a concern for me."
Reuters
(China Daily 06/29/2013 page7)
