A top National Security Agency official has said the government should consider offering amnesty to Edward Snowden. Rick Ledgett told CBS News amnesty could perhaps be granted if Snowden were to return all the documents he obtained.

John Miller, CBS News: “Given the potential damage to national security, what would your thought on making a deal be?”

Rick Ledgett: “So, my personal view is, yes, it’s worth having a conversation about. I would need assurances that the remainder of the data could be secured, and my bar for those assurances would be very high. It would be more than just an assertion on his part.”

John Miller: “Is that a unanimous feeling?”

Rick Ledgett: “It’s not unanimous.”

Ledgett is heading the NSA’s task force into Snowden’s leaks. In the same segment, however, Ledgett’s superior, NSA chief Keith Alexander, said he opposes amnesty for Snowden.

Gen. Keith Alexander: “This is analogous to a hostage-taker taking 50 people hostage, shooting 10, and then say, 'If you give me full amnesty, I'll let the other 40 go.’ What do you do?”

John Miller: “It’s a dilemma.”

Gen. Keith Alexander: “It is.”

John Miller: “Do you have a pick?”

Gen. Keith Alexander: “I do. I think people have to be held accountable for their actions, because what we don’t want is the next person to do the same thing — race off to Hong Kong and to Moscow with another set of data, knowing they can strike the same deal.”

According to The New York Times, NSA officials reviewing the Snowden leaks are still unaware of exactly how much information he took from their systems.