Eric Holder: The Justice Department could strike deal with Edward Snowden

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4. Imagine. There are some who want to see him executed for treason.

Others more compassionate just want him to serve the rest of his life in solitary.
Of these there are some who wouldn't mind to see him water-boarded and worse, worse forever if their imagination needs the room, so long as nobody is caught, so long as nobody can prove it in a court of law - all of which are owned.
(If someone is caught it's a black eye, but if nobody is caught it's a feather in our cap.)
This way we get to discern a "liberal center". A land of "bleeding hearts".