DAVID GREGORY: Would he come back to the United States under any circumstances?
MR. WIZNER: Sure, he would come back to the United States. He hopes to come back to the United States. I mean, do you like…
GREGORY: But only if given some deal, some amnesty?
MR. WIZNER: You know, amnesty is not a dirty word. There’s a lot of people in this town, including some who have been on your show, who have been given amnesty. We just don’t call it that.
Lying to congress is a crime. Torturing prisoners is a very serious crime. There are lots of times when people violate the law and society decides for one reason or another to look forward rather than backwards.
I think that this one of those cases. Mr. Snowden’s disclosures had been profoundly valuable to the country and to the world.
They’ve really changed the whole debate here. And I also think that there is much that the United States could gain through conversation with him.
GREGORY: I understand your-- your point of view. And I wonder if you can understand those who believe that here is Mr. Snowden, who has great faith in the American constitution, who is in exile in Russia, a country that does not have faith in our constitution, or in the freedoms that it affords.
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