If it doesn't happen now, what 's the probability that Hilary/Donald would grant pardon?
I would say none.
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#12Pardonning Snowden while allowing the NSA to continue their business as usual would be strange.
Politics is the art of compromise.
Well, from a political point of view, Snowden is just a guy, and he did what he could do already. Pardoned or shot dead, makes little difference now (well, chilling effect is certainly even worse if the latter happened tomorrow, but its bad enough as it is).
The important thing would be wistleblower protection laws changes that would protect a future Snowden from this situation.
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#13If it doesn't happen now, what 's the probability that Hilary/Donald would grant pardon?
I doubt Hilary would consider it seriously and I strongly doubt Donald would even give it a second thought because of his primary voter base.
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#14Fat chance ;)
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#15For those outside of the US the link ( https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/Edward-S... ) does not work. Anyone know what the correct link should be?
I did some search it appears that it doesn't exist now or that it never existed in the first place.
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#16It'll be odd if he comes back, safer to remain in exodus.
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#17But he didn't just leak information concerning his homeland. He actually leaked information about allies of his homeland e.g. the UK.
I'm pretty sure that alone will ensure he won't get pardoned. It could cause one of the biggest diplomatic incidents in history between the US and UK. Particularly with Theresa May as PM - who has been instrumental for years in building up the security services powers.
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#18The thing I hate about all petition sites is that they ask for my personal information for... what purpose exactly? They don't even seem to try to verify anything. They just look like scams to me, which is a shame because I really think they shouldn't be...
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#19For those outside of the US the link ( https://www.amnesty.org/en/get-involved/take-action/Edward-S... ) does not work. Anyone know what the correct link should be?
I suspect Obama won't care too much about what people living outside the US think on this one.
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#20I think the problem is, people do not care anymore. The scandal is over, business as usual. Only a small percentage of the population still cares about Snowden. I think the image of the NSA has been hurt and a change in legislation might get you some positive press in the future, but I do not think that pardoning Snowden would be worth the effort for a politician. On the other hand: Obama probably does not have to care.
Edit: I normally don't do these edits, but seriously, why am I getting downvoted for this? Obviously this is bad, that does not make it any less true. You must be the ones downvoting sad YouTube videos and the reason why Facebook had to introduce multiple like variants.