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Obama Says He Can’t Pardon Snowden

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

Phoenix666 writes:

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: 2) by takyon on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:33AM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:33AM (#431029) Journal

    Obama Presidency [wikipedia.org]

    • 2009: Courage, a 45-pound turkey provided by the National Turkey Federation, and alternate bird Carolina, raised in North Carolina.
    • 2010: Apple, a 45-pound turkey from Foster Farms in Modesto, California; and alternate bird Cider. Both had died of natural causes by Thanksgiving 2011.
    • 2011: A 45-pound turkey named Liberty and an alternate bird named Peace, both of which were raised in Willmar, Minnesota. Peace survived until shortly before Thanksgiving 2012, when he was euthanized. Liberty survived until being euthanized April 26, 2013 at the age of 2.
    • 2012: Cobbler and Gobbler, both 40-pound turkeys from Rockingham County, Virginia. Gobbler died suddenly in February 2013; Cobbler was euthanized on August 22 of that year.
    • 2013: Popcorn, a 38 pounds (17 kg) turkey from Badger, Minnesota. Popcorn won an online contest over its identically sized stablemate Caramel, which was also spared. Popcorn died of heatstroke in summer 2014. Caramel survived much longer; it outlived one of the next year's turkeys and did not die until October 2015, spending most of its two years of life at Morven Park as the companion of a brown heritage turkey named Franklin.
    • 2014: Cheese and alternate bird Mac, both of which were 48 pounds (22 kg) turkeys from Fort Recovery, Ohio. Mac died of suspected heatstroke in July of 2015; Cheese remains alive as of November 2015, with the surviving Franklin as its companion.
    • 2015: Abe, a 43 pounds (20 kg) turkey again presented by Foster Farms. The alternate was 42 pounds (19 kg) Honest. Morven Park reported that both were still alive as of November 2016.
    • 2016: Two as-yet unnamed turkeys from Storm Lake, Iowa.
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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:37AM (#431031)

    Pardon Snowden, then Slaughter Snowden, then EAT SNOWDEN.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @02:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @02:50PM (#431235)

      don't eat the yellow snowden.

    • (Score: 2) by tibman on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:09PM

      by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:09PM (#431245)

      We'd need a lot of cranberry sauce or gravy because he's been hung out to dry for way too long. Not a fan of dry turkey!

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      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @04:13AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 23 2016, @04:13AM (#431655)

        spooky turkey jerky

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @02:10PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @02:10PM (#431212)

    From Wikipedia:

    [quote]Because most Thanksgiving turkeys are bred and raised for size at the expense of longer life, they are prone to health problems associated with obesity such as heart disease, respiratory failure and joint damage. As a result of these factors, most of the pardoned turkeys have very short lives after their pardoning, frequently dying within a year of being pardoned; for comparison, a wild or heritage turkey has a lifespan of at least five years.[/quote]

  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Tuesday November 22 2016, @04:55PM

    by Gaaark (41) on Tuesday November 22 2016, @04:55PM (#431329) Journal

    2014: Cheese and alternate bird Mac

    I loved Mac and Cheese (sometimes called Kraft and Dinner, here in Canada)

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