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posted by n1 on Tuesday November 22 2016, @02:54AM   Printer-friendly
from the no-and-no-means-no dept.

A campaign to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden, launched in combination with a fawning Oliver Stone film about him, hasn't made any headway. The request spurred the entire membership of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, 13 Republicans and 9 Democrats, to send a letter to President Barack Obama urging against a pardon. "He is a criminal," they stated flatly.

Obama weighed in on the matter on Friday. During his European tour, he was interviewed by Der Spiegel—the largest newspaper in Germany, a country where Snowden is particularly popular. After discussing a wide range of issues, he was asked: Are you going to pardon Edward Snowden?

Obama replied: "I can't pardon somebody who hasn't gone before a court and presented themselves, so that's not something that I would comment on at this point."

Will the NSA's spying and Snowden's actions come to define Obama's legacy?


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by takyon on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:25AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:25AM (#431019) Journal

    He was a Constitutional lawyer! There's no way he could be wrong about the Constitution, right?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon#United_States [wikipedia.org]

    The Justice Department requires that anyone requesting a pardon wait five years after conviction or release prior to receiving a pardon. A presidential pardon may be granted at any time, however, and as when Ford pardoned Nixon, the pardoned person need not yet have been convicted or even formally charged with a crime.[24] Clemency may also be granted without the filing of a formal request and even if the intended recipient has no desire to be pardoned. In the overwhelming majority of cases, however, the Office of the Pardon Attorney will consider only petitions from persons who have completed their sentences and, in addition, have demonstrated their ability to lead a responsible and productive life for a significant period after conviction or release from confinement.

    Holy shit. OBAMA FUCKING STRAIGHT UP LIED.

    Not to mention Thanksgiving is in like, 3 days, and he will pardon A GODDAMN TURKEY.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:38AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:38AM (#431033)

    OHMIGOD!

    It's like you don't know any child can alter a wiki article.

    Or the Russians. I bet the Russians have hacked wiki and altered all of the articles.

    Can't you use a reputable source, like somebody's blog or something?

    Waddya mean it isn't Facebook approved?

  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @05:00AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @05:00AM (#431068)

    OBAMA FUCKING STRAIGHT UP LIED.

    What did you expect from the founder of ISIS?

  • (Score: 2) by chromas on Tuesday November 22 2016, @06:10AM

    by chromas (34) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 22 2016, @06:10AM (#431086) Journal

    …the Office of the Pardon Attorney will consider only petitions from persons who have completed their sentences…

    Well that sounds useful.

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @07:16AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @07:16AM (#431111)

      …the Office of the Pardon Attorney will consider only petitions from persons who have completed their sentences…

      So now they're the grammar police? /rimshot

  • (Score: 2) by cubancigar11 on Tuesday November 22 2016, @09:47AM

    by cubancigar11 (330) on Tuesday November 22 2016, @09:47AM (#431143) Homepage Journal

    Snowden caused attack on Assange. Assange caused attack on Hillary.

    You will get a pardon from Democrats' cold dead hands.

    And now that Obama has said this, as a general rule, no one will pardon Snowden. He is too small a fish.

  • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:58PM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:58PM (#431275)

    BREAKING NEWS!!!

    OBAMA IS A LIAR! SKY IS BLUE! VIM BETTER THAN EMACS!