--- description: The former Attorney General said "the possibility exists" title: Eric Holder: Edward Snowden Might Come Back image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de63577a3bdacd2/698859c4524fc00153df36f2/eric-holder.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Foreign Policy](/tag/foreign-policy/) ## Foreign Policy Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Eric Holder: Edward Snowden Might Return to U.S. by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2015 12:09 AM CUT  Attorney General Eric Holder walks from Air Force One after arriving with US President Barack Obama at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, March 6, 2015. Attorney General Eric Holder walks from Air Force One after arriving with US President Barack Obama at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland, March 6, 2015.Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 7, 2015 12:09 AM CUT A deal returning NSA leaker Edward Snowden to the U.S. [is not entirely out of the question](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/eric-holder-the-justice-department-could-strike-123393663066.html "undefined"), according to Eric Holder. The former U.S. Attorney General told Yahoo News, “I certainly think there could be a basis for a resolution that everybody could ultimately be satisfied with” to return Snowden from his current asylum in Moscow. “I think the possibility exists,” he said. Holder, who is going back to work at the law firm Covington & Burling, where he worked before serving as Attorney General, said that Snowden’s actions “spurred a necessary debate” on surveillance in America. “We are in a different place as a result of the Snowden disclosures,” he said. \[[_Y_](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/eric-holder-the-justice-department-could-strike-123393663066.html "undefined")[_ahoo News_](https://www.yahoo.com/politics/eric-holder-the-justice-department-could-strike-123393663066.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3947236/eric-holder-edward-snowden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3947236/eric-holder-edward-snowden/"},"headline":"Eric Holder: Edward Snowden Might Return to U.S.","datePublished":"2015-07-07T00:09:35.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T09:00:07.748Z","description":"The former Attorney General said \"the possibility exists\"","url":"https://time.com/3947236/eric-holder-edward-snowden/","keywords":["Foreign Policy","Edward Snowden","Eric Holder"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de63577a3bdacd2/698859c4524fc00153df36f2/eric-holder.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3de63577a3bdacd2/698859c4524fc00153df36f2/eric-holder.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"US-POLITICS-HOLDER","caption":"US-POLITICS-HOLDER","creditText":"Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/foreign-policy/","name":"Foreign Policy"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3947236/eric-holder-edward-snowden/","name":"Eric Holder: Edward Snowden Might Return to U.S."}}]}] ```