Lol! And yeah, people here lie about everything and politicians are Pro Liars. The best liars always get the best jobs.
This is like the game "chess" and I'm sure that this is what's happening:

1. If they could convince the Russian government that Snowden isn't an "Asylum" case, then they could remove a lot of Snowden's protection.
2. If that worked, then our government could use the limited passport to convince Snowden to come home.
3. If that worked, then they arrest him and put him in a civilian jail with a lawyer.
4. Then the military demands that Snoden be turned over to them.
5. Then the government has a special hearing about that.
6. The military wins.
7. Snowden gets moved to a military prison and gets tortured and maybe even killed.

But our country has routinely ignored Russia's requests for extradition of all Russian criminals. So Snowden still stays in Russia.
Imo, Snowden is not dangerous to the USA. He made a lot of leaks but nothing has really changed that much. The government still makes agreements with other countries. We still had eggs, sausages, and waffles this morning and we will still go horseback riding tomorrow. So did it hurt anything? All it did was make the politicians work instead of playing golf, lol! Work is healthy.

Btw, Crime and Punishment was the perfect book for Snowden. He reminds me of Raskolnikov. Well, except with more money.