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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: 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: 2) by takyon on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:43AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:43AM (#431035) Journal
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    • (Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:21PM

      by mcgrew (701) <publish@mcgrewbooks.com> on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:21PM (#431254) Homepage Journal

      The Simple English Wikipedia is also for people with different needs. Some examples of people who use Simple English Wikipedia:

              Students
              Children
              Adults who might find it hard to learn or read
              People who are learning English

      I think the fourth group are the only folks at S/N who would have any use for it.

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