what the hell is pardoning snowden gonna do for us.. does he have something on obama? even if he did.. they're not gonna prosecute a president (says Rush).. So what's the aim.. get someone in the deep state? I don't get it
As for Assange I thought he was being tried overseas or something
"What does a pardon do for us" is not the question to be asking here. The question is, has Snowden been wronged by the Federal government in that he has been stranded in Russia and would otherwise have been hunted down (and likely killed)?
IMO, the answer to that question is yes, given that what he did was for the benefit of all US citizens. Namely, he showed us proof that our own government was spying on us in ways, and in scales, never before thought possible. For example, the govt is tracking every one of our phone calls - "but just the metadata!" (Nevermind that "metadata" is extremely broad and literally just means descriptive data.. descriptive of what? You could argue for example that a recorded phone call is "metadata" of a conversation... "just metadata" is bullshit).
Do you not think this was for the greater good that we all know of this? That other information was also leaked was inevitable given the breadth of all the criminal activity (within our own Fed) he was showing us.
If the demon rats support Snowden yet don't support assange then you should think more about why??? Everyone they say is good is really bad and vice verse. Snowden is a snake!! His motivations were ill intent
are you implying there is nothing we can agree on with our fellow citizens who vote democrat?
If you are, I disagree with that sentiment- i think they're crazy nonetheless (after all the DNC stands for nothing but that which gains them power in the short term), but we have lots of common ground. MSM and Uniparty just won't let us see it.
However, I'll gladly sit down and have a drink with a democrat (note, I'm not referring to elected Democrat Party members) to celebrate Snowden bringing an extremely important conversation to the forefront of American discourse.
'The question is, has Snowden been wronged by the Federal government in that he has been stranded in Russia and would otherwise have been hunted down (and likely killed)?'
He's in Russia because of Biden. Snowden was a CIA operative tasked with infiltrating & exposing NSA tools to enable obummer & his treasonous gang to avoid detection. There is a reason this all went down right around the iran deal...
what the hell is pardoning snowden gonna do for us.. does he have something on obama? even if he did.. they're not gonna prosecute a president (says Rush).. So what's the aim.. get someone in the deep state? I don't get it
As for Assange I thought he was being tried overseas or something
"What does a pardon do for us" is not the question to be asking here. The question is, has Snowden been wronged by the Federal government in that he has been stranded in Russia and would otherwise have been hunted down (and likely killed)?
IMO, the answer to that question is yes, given that what he did was for the benefit of all US citizens. Namely, he showed us proof that our own government was spying on us in ways, and in scales, never before thought possible. For example, the govt is tracking every one of our phone calls - "but just the metadata!" (Nevermind that "metadata" is extremely broad and literally just means descriptive data.. descriptive of what? You could argue for example that a recorded phone call is "metadata" of a conversation... "just metadata" is bullshit).
Do you not think this was for the greater good that we all know of this? That other information was also leaked was inevitable given the breadth of all the criminal activity (within our own Fed) he was showing us.
Would you rather live in ignorance?
If the demon rats support Snowden yet don't support assange then you should think more about why??? Everyone they say is good is really bad and vice verse. Snowden is a snake!! His motivations were ill intent
are you implying there is nothing we can agree on with our fellow citizens who vote democrat?
If you are, I disagree with that sentiment- i think they're crazy nonetheless (after all the DNC stands for nothing but that which gains them power in the short term), but we have lots of common ground. MSM and Uniparty just won't let us see it.
However, I'll gladly sit down and have a drink with a democrat (note, I'm not referring to elected Democrat Party members) to celebrate Snowden bringing an extremely important conversation to the forefront of American discourse.
I think you conflated his point unnecessarily in order to make your own...
'The question is, has Snowden been wronged by the Federal government in that he has been stranded in Russia and would otherwise have been hunted down (and likely killed)?'
He's in Russia because of Biden. Snowden was a CIA operative tasked with infiltrating & exposing NSA tools to enable obummer & his treasonous gang to avoid detection. There is a reason this all went down right around the iran deal...
What is the motivation of Biden wanting him in Russia if he was working to their benefit?