Possible amnesty for Snowden

Officials at National Security Agency are discussing a possible amnesty deal for Snowden. The authorities investigated an enormous extent of documents and spent numerous hours to assert the amount of damage that Snowden done and are still on the crossroads of unknown. It is estimated that Snowden might have stolen 1.7 million documents, but the exact number is still unknown. The agency spent tens of millions of dollars, but the amount of damage is still not located. It may well be that the NSA will never find out how much did Snowden actually steal and this raises the question of an agreement. This is what Rick Ledgett, who runs the task force for the damage assesment, had to say on "60 minutes" show regarding possible amnesty for Snowden: "worth having a conversation about. I would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be secured and my bar for those assurances would be very high. It would be more than just an assertion on his part."

The real question is if the data that is still not located is more important than losing all your respect and forgiving a criminal act. Some might say that Snowden is a hero and done nothing wrong, but the fact remains strong, stealing is stealing which ever way you look at it. The NSA could also be considering an opportunity to lure Snowden into traps by providing him "amnesty" while in reality bringing him back to the USA for a trial. However, the NSA is not united on this question. Keith Alexandre, who is long-term running director of NSA, compares the situation to a hostage situation where the hostage-taker has already killed 10 of the 50 people and is considered to be released. Alexandre is set to resign next year as he already signed his resignation documents, but is still currently working.

The National Security Agency describes Snowden as a strange and mysterious man, where at home he would work with a hood under the computer and his head, so that his girlfriend would not see anything that he is working on. Snowden cost NSA greatly. Not only their reputation, contraversy, jobs, but technical devices as well. The NSA had remove all of the computers and even their cables, that Snowden had access to. The agency fears that he may have left a virus or a bug, that would monitor the systems and continue stealing the data.

All said and done, the NSA is still strong on their view of people privacy. The agency insists that the danger of possible malware attacks on U.S firms, banks and goverment is as strong as ever. Debora Plunkett, who is responsible for the security of defense department, highlights the need to continue their job because the criminals are working hard and tirelessly to take down the U.S economical sector.