at the time strongly defending his son and insisting that the light and the truth will shine through. president obama in vacation mode, on a martha s vineyard golf course, showing a bit of frustration after missing a putt. while nsa leaker edward snowden s father appeared on a sunday morning talk show taking aim at the president and a republican congressman who has labeled his son a traitor. my son has spoken the truth. he has sacrificed more than either the president of the united states or peter king have ever in their political careers or their american lives. reporter: lon snowden was reacting to the president aes prevacation news conference where he dismissed the notion that the younger snowden s actions served a greater good. i don t think mr. snowden was a patriot. the fact is that mr. snowden has been charged with three felonies. reporter: now snowden s father says he and his attorney will be traveling to russia very soon to help his son fight those charges. we have t
no comment. president obama in vacation mode on a ven vin golf course, showing a bit of frustration after missing a putt, while nsa leaker edward snowden as father appeared on a sunday among talk show, taking aim at the president and a republican congressman who has labelled his son a traitor. my son has spoken the truth and sacrificed more than the president of the united states or peter king ever. i don t think mr. snowden was a patriot. the fact is he s been charged with three felonies. reporter: now snowden s father says he and his attorney will be traveling to russia soon to help his son fight those charges. reporter: it s the frenzy
art project. now he s fighting for his freedom. and just like in carter s case, police in georgia found clemens had no actual plans to attack the school and he didn t own any weapons. today in court, carter s attorneys want the judge to order the state to release the full conversation of that facebook post along with any information about where the post came from, grand jury recordings, testimony, and transcripts. we have reached out to prosecutors in both cases and are still awaiting comment. of course, we will continue to update you on both of these cases. carol? we look forward to it. it is vacation time for president obama, but before the president left for martha s vineya vineyard, he had some strong words for nsa leaker edward snowden. now snowden s father is hitting back. cnn s dan lothian is in martha s vineyard with more. good morning, dan. reporter: good morning, carol. well, you know, for the president, yes, he s on vacation but it s always a working vacation, and he
delivering that harsh rebuke while at the same time strongly defending his son and insisting that the truth will shine through. president obama in vacation mode on a martha s vineyard golf course, showing a bit of frustration after missing a putt. while nsa leaker edward snowden s father appeared on a sunday morning talk show taking aim at the president, who has labeled his son as a traitor. my son has sacrificed more th than lon snowden was reacting to the president s prevail indication news conference where he dismissed the notion that the younger snowden s the fact is that mr. snowden has been charged with three felonies. reporter: now snowden s father says he and his attorney will be heading to russia very soon to fight those charges.
the decision. snowden s lawyer says snowden wants to settle in russia for the long term, that he s already studying the country s culture, history and language. he says snowden is willing to make a public statement in the coming days. this is edward snowden s first night away from the transit zone of moscow s airport in almost six weeks. where is he now? well, his lawyer has simply been describing him as somewhere safe and secret, but he also told me a short time ago that he is staying with american citizens who live in russia. these are not people who know snowden personally but who reached out to him, contacted him during his stay at the airport and offered to help. back to you, wolf. so, phil, there will be no restrictions in russia as far as snowden is concerned. if he wants to make phone calls, if he wants to go on the internet, do television interviews, newspaper interviews, he can do all of the above? reporter: he can move around, he can travel across the