Is Edward Snowden's return from Russia on more than just a U.S. intelligence community wishlist? NBC's anonymous sources say so:
An NBC News report citing U.S. intelligence sources says Russia may consider handing over Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency contractor turned whistle-blower, to the United States as a favor to President Trump. NBC News, the only major news outlet to report the development at this point, wrote that "highly sensitive intelligence reports detailing Russian deliberations" suggest Russia is mulling over sending Snowden back to the U.S. as a favor to Trump. NBC News reported it is one of several tactics Russia could use to cozy up to the president.
Snowden called the report "irrefutable evidence" that he wasn't colluding with Russians, despite allegations from U.S. House members.
Also at The Guardian.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday February 12 2017, @08:44PM
"The U.S. Intelligence Community (USIC) is confident that the Russian Government directed the recent compromises of e-mails from US persons and institutions, including from US political organizations." [dni.gov] It's definitely the official position of the US government that the DNC hack was done by the Russian government. They could be wrong or lying, but it's misleading to say the FBI officially claims no evidence when the U.S. Intelligence Community officially claims they are confident.
Of course, the claims of Trump being a Russian puppet are unproven and wanting more concrete proof than the writer doesn't like Trump is reasonable. Currently there is hard evidence that at least one person in Trump circle (Flynn) has improper relations with Russia.