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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @04:31AM
The ruinous race-relations are an entirely different beast.
pot calling the kettle black
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @07:19AM
pot calling the kettle African-American
FTFY.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday November 22 2016, @09:10AM
pot calling the kettle black
So what? Is it not accurate? Or is hypocrisy the WORST THING POSSIBLE?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 22 2016, @01:32PM
damn straight. he's had 8 years to fix the race thing