Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
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Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
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Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#2Ok Obama, time for some of that Change.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#3Do you really think getting 100K signatures is going to make a difference?
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#4When someone stands up for so many people, this is the expected outcome. Unfortunately, it's doubtful that the government will take much of this into account given how badly they were exposed--they will more than likely make an example out of Snowden in such a way that no one is encouraged to do something like this again.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#5Is there any evidence to support that these petitions have done anything that wouldn't have already been done? They seem like a red herring.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#6Do you really think getting 100K signatures is going to make a difference?
Maybe a response similar to SOPA, should be started.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#7Expect a response pretty much like this:
https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/why-we-cant-commen...
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#8Do you really think getting 100K signatures is going to make a difference?
I don't think so, but it reached the threshold requiring a response from the White House.
Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures
#9When someone stands up for so many people, this is the expected outcome. Unfortunately, it's doubtful that the government will take much of this into account given how badly they were exposed--they will more than likely make an example out of Snowden in such a way that no one is encouraged to do something like this again.
They clearly tried to do this with the treatment of Bradley Manning but it just as clearly, has not worked.