Yeah I read about Snowden's dad and the attorney. He thinks he can win the case for Snowden but I don't believe it. Here's what I see happening:

1. The government promises that Snowden can have a fair trial in a civilian court.
2. He comes back here.
3. They decide that the case needs to be tried in a military court. Big surprise!
4. Snowden gets hit worse than Manning did.
5. Bye bye Snowden.

I think Snowden's dad just doesn't want people to call his son a Russian. So he wants to clean up his family's rep.
As for me, if I was Snowden, I would never leave Russia, period.
But I hate politics so I could never be like Manning or Snowden. Politics just makes life tons more complicated and it's already too complicated now.
But yeah, it will be interesting to see what happens with Snowden. If he's really that intelligent then he won't believe the lawyer or his dad.

Oh wait! If he really was that intelligent, he would have been a chef instead of a spy. Awesome food trumps politics!