Just in the last week a few prominent and influential figures have said just that: “I think giving him amnesty is idiotic,” Former CIA Director James Woolsey s

Just in the last week a few prominent and influential figures have said just that: “I think giving him amnesty is idiotic,” Former CIA Director James Woolsey said. “He should be prosecuted for treason. If convicted by a jury of his peers, he should be hanged by his neck until he is dead." [1] Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton: Edward Snowden 'Ought To Swing From A Tall Oak Tree' [2] That's not the administration's official line of course, and might be Fox News or the administration just floating the idea, but these are very senior figures in the Washington establishment. [1] http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/17/ex-cia-director-snowden-should-be-hanged-if-convicted-for-treason/ http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/17/ex-cia-director-s... [2] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/john-bolton-edward-snowden_n_4461196.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/12/17/john-bolton-edward-...