A.M. Links: Eric Holder Willing to Discuss Edward Snowden’s Return, FBI Warns of More Target-Like Cyberattacks, $12 Minimum Wage Bill Introduced in Washington State

Attorney General Eric Holder
hinted that the U.S. is prepared to “engage
in conversation” with whistleblower Edward Snowden to
ensure his return from Russia under negotiated terms. No hard
feelings, right?
Edward Snowden’s
asylum will be extended, said the Foreign Affairs Committee
Chair of the Russian Duma. He wouldn’t want to miss the Olympics,
after all.
The FBI has warned U.S. retailers to
prepare for more cyberattacks after discovering about 20
hacking cases in the past year that involved the same kind of
malicious software used against Target in the holiday shopping
season. As if you needed a better reason to switch to Dogecoin or
Coinye West.
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced a five-point set of
issues that Democrats must address to beat “tea
party elites” in the 2014 midtern election.
A Democratic state senator from Seattle introduced a bill
that would raise Washington state’s minimum wage to
$12 an hour over a three year period. Why not make kings of us
all and raise it to $20?
The Syrian government delegation has
threatened to quit peace talks in Geneva if “serious”
discussions do not begin by tomorrow.