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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

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post #3

Do 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.

Is 100K really the threshold for the government to respond? It seems like such a minor number.

Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures

#32

Mr. Obama, stop the madness now! You once have been a civil rights activist and you have been awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize. Doesn't it make you feel uncomfortable, to have switched the camp in just a few years? There is nothing wrong with becoming a nice guy again.

You really think that he's pulling the strings? That it's his call?

> You really think that he's pulling the strings?

I have absolutely no idea. How could I, if everything is kept in secret?

What I can do, is asking Obama, if he likes what he is doing. If his daughters like what he is doing. If he still believes in "change". If he wants to appear in history books in a row with Bush jr., McCarthy and Soviet leaders. I don't expect answers from Obama, but I can say, that I would not like it, if I were him.

Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures

#33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but honestly that's OK. It's a small step, but for the president to have to come out and say, "I recognize that a significant number of the American people support this man who is convicted of espionage, but..." is a pretty novel thing.

I'm sure he does realize it already, as does the DoJ and NSA. It doesn't matter to them. If you leak Top Secret material it better be something as damning as the assassination of a politician or anything along those lines, else you won't be shown any mercy by the government. It's really just a matter of "50 years, or life without parole" at this point.

Exactly. Which is why the petition matters - it forces a response from the White House. (Obama promised to respond to each petition that reaches 100,000 signatures)

Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures

#36
post #7

Expect a response pretty much like this: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/why-we-cant-commen...

I expect one more like this, these days: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-stat... That is, still no response at all, 4 months later.

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Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures

#37
post #27
post #3

Do you really think getting 100K signatures is going to make a difference?

Better off geting 100k people to donate $10 and use that $1m to lobby congress.

Yuuuuup. Getting a specific person elected or a specific person threatened in their district is actually what would start working. Political change comes through money, and the reason is because money can effectively buy votes.

Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures

#39
post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I expect one more like this, these days: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-stat... That is, still no response at all, 4 months later.

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This petition was created when the goal was 25,000 signatures, before it was increased to 100,000.

Re: Petition to pardon Edward Snowden reaches 100,000 signatures

#40
post #7

Expect a response pretty much like this: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/response/why-we-cant-commen...

I expect one more like this, these days: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/remove-united-stat... That is, still no response at all, 4 months later.

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