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She said Snowden should return to the US and "face the music." [1]

Treason, punishable by death. [2]

IMO, "face the music" is code for "funeral march". [3]

1 http://www.businessinsider.com/democratic-debate-edward-snow...

2 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/2381

3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyFyAqLtHq8

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I think you are taking something said figuratively literally. Everyone has used "face the music" as an idiom to mean "take responsibility." I'll give her the benefit of doubt in this situation.

Since Snowden has taken responsibility, I don't see how you can construe was you said as anything other than a statement that Snowden should come back to the US and face prosecution for a capital offense.

That certainly isn't the same thing as calling for extra-legal assassination.

Calling for someone to return and stand trial is different from calling for someone to be assasinated

Not if the result of the trial is predetermined with a sentence to death or life in prison.

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