White House rejects amnesty for Edward Snowden

White House spokesman Jay Carney said there was "no change" in the US government's position on prosecuting Edward Snowden

The White House has ruled out the idea of an amnesty for fugitive intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

A top National Security Agency (NSA) official had suggested that a deal could be reached if Mr Snowden stopped leaking documents.
But White House spokesman Jay Carney said Mr Snowden still faced felony charges for leaking classified data.
It came as a federal judge ruled that the NSA's snooping on telephone calls is likely to be unconstitutional.
US District Judge Richard Leon wrote that the programme probably violated Americans' right to be free of unreasonable searches.
He stayed his own ruling pending an expected appeal by the government