Edward Snowden’s father says the FBI planned to fly him to Moscow to encourage the NSA leaker to come back to the United States.
But Lon Snowden told the Washington Post yesterday that he backed out of the deal because it was unclear that he would be able to speak to his son.
In a separate interview with CNN yesterday, Lon Snowden said he wants his son to stay in Russia for now, until he is confident he can get a fair trial in the U.S.Read more about this story here.