Kerry Fails to Retrieve Snowden Using Stick; Switches to Wheedling Carrot [View all]

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"JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday softened the tone of the American requests to Russia to hand over Edward J. Snowden, the fugitive former national security contractor who is accused of revealing surveillance programs."

Stick:

"...Mr. Kerry warned then that the failure to hand over Mr. Snowden would have "consequences" for the United States' relations with Russia and China. At one point on Monday, Mr. Kerry made a sarcastic comment about the lack of Internet freedom in Russia and China. "

Carrot:

"...there are standards of behavior between sovereign nations,” he said. “There is common law. There is respect for rule of law. And we would simply call on our friends in Russia to respect the fact that a partner nation, a co-member of the Permanent 5 of the United Nations has made a normal request under legal assistance for law to be upheld.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/26/world/europe/kerry-russia-snowden.html?src=recg