JAKE TAPPER, CNN ANCHOR: Welcome back to THE LEAD. I'm Jake Tapper. Now, it's time for our world lead. And the father of the NSA leak source is on top of the world lead. Lon Snowden talked with us over the summer about his son Edward and his search for asylum. Right now, Lon is in Russia hoping to have some father/son or father/fugitive time. There's no guarantee they'll meet up. Blood is not thicker than water in the spy game. Russian authorities are keeping the younger Snowden's whereabouts top secret, although four American whistleblowing activists claim they met with Snowden yesterday to give him an award. Lon says his son deserves a Nobel Peace Prize. The U.S. of course is a giant pile of criminal espionage charges with Ed Snowden's name on them. In politics, prosecutors say he stuffed his pockets while Detroit slid toward bankruptcy. Now the city's former mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, will do hard time for it. The Democrat was sentenced to 28 years in prison in court today for his March conviction on two dozen federal charges including racketeering, extortion and filing false tax returns. Kilpatrick, who was once affectionately known as Detroit's hip- hop mayor, but went on to prove himself to be the Suge Knight of municipal politics, resigned in 2008 after lying under oath and he already has a lot of time served under his belt. Let's check in with our political panel in the green room. Olivier Knox when pressed by Dana Bash if he would support a four-week spending plan, the speaker of the House replied and I quote, "Ifs, ands and buts were candy and nuts, every day would be Christmas." Do you have any idea if that's a political position or just the first half of a limerick that I can't complete on live television?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Jake, I think it's the meager offerings at the shutdown movie theater. Boy, have we seen this movie before.</s>TAPPER: At least two times before. Stay tuned. We'll be back with more of THE LEAD.
Snowden's Dad In Russia, Hopes To See Son; Former Detroit Mayor Sentenced To 28 Years