A senior White House aide and top US lawmakers on Sunday rejected intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's request for clemency following his disclosures of widespread government surveillance.
White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer and the heads of America's Senate and House intelligence committees spoke just days after a German lawmaker published a letter from the fugitive and said Snowden was ready to testify to Congress to shed light on "possibly serious offences."
"Mr Snowden violated US law," Pfeiffer told ABC television's "This Week" program. "He should return to the US and face justice." But Senator Dianne Feinstein said the former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor had missed his chance.
"He had an opportunity, if what he was was a whistleblower to pick up the phone and call the House Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee and say, 'Look, I have some information you ought to see,'" she told CBS television's "Face the Nation." » | AFP | Monday, November 04, 2013
