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?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:37AM
Pardon Snowden, then Slaughter Snowden, then EAT SNOWDEN.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @02:50PM
don't eat the yellow snowden.
(Score: 2) by tibman on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:09PM
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
spooky turkey jerky