By Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press PUBLISHED: 13:14 EST, 26 July 2013 | UPDATED: 16:26 EST, 26 July 2013 Attorney General Eric Holder has told the Russian government that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty for former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden. In a letter dated July 23, the attorney general said the criminal charges Snowden faces do not carry the death penalty and that the U.S. will not seek the death penalty even if Snowden were charged with crimes that are eligible for such punishments. Before the news of the letter broke, Edward’s father Lonnie Snowden showed his undying support for his son, saying: ‘I believe when my son takes his final breath, whether it’s today or 100 years from now, he will be comfortable with what he did.’
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Attorney General sent letter in hopes of getting Edward Snowden extradited to the U.S.
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NSA leaker believed to still be in the transport area of the Moscow airport
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