Does the United States have any interest in nabbing Edward Snowden?

[ehcross]

It is really odd that the U.S. did not show much interest in exploring whether there could be any chance of nabbing Edward Snowden, and evidently chose to disregard the issue.

[Warpy]

1. Only if he's stupid enough

to drop right into their laps.

He's done the damage and the store's still open.

The NSA is "essential." The CDC is not. Go figure.

[madrchsod]

2. they will wait him out

unless he decides to stay in russia for the rest of his life. if the russians kick him where would he go?

[MADem]

3. Of course not--he's in prison already!

It's a prison called Russia. It's very roomy. Large exercise yard, plenty of food choices too. It has the best guards--24 hour surveillance. Every keystroke he makes, every communication he receives, his pal Pootie Poot, KGB boss par excellence, will make sure someone has a lookie at that.

Edward Snowden didn't want to live in the US because of all the "watching?" He's gonna get more "watching" than he knows what to do with in Pootie's Russia.

Best part? We don't have to pay to incarcerate him.

[bemildred]

4. Not if it means keeping the story hot.

If there were a clean, neat, seamless, riskless, sort of way to grab him, then sure ...