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, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @03:56AM
I get to deal with a pretty broad cross-section regarding their healthcare, and no body, NO BODY, has any kind things to say about the ACA.
If it's not premiums going up four-fold, it's less selection from their job sponsored plans.
(Score: 3, Informative) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday November 22 2016, @05:43PM
And for someone like me, who was an independent contractor at the time and had no employee sponsored options, it worked perfectly fine and cost about as much as my previous employers' plan.
So, now you know one.