I’m pretty disappointed about Assange. My best guess is that since Assange won his first extradition case, Trump may have calculated that he is likely to win against the appeal and soon be free man. If that’s the case then it wouldn’t be worth the political risk (and the continued wrath of corrupt intelligence) to he and his family to pardon him.

While I consider Snowden a hero for exposing massive 4th amendment violations, I can see how that’s a tougher call given the manner in which he exposed the government. I wish Trump was stronger on this but he must have his reasons.