I don't think Snowden deserves a pardon. He ought to have stayed in the United States instead of running to Russia.
If you do something, you have a responsibility to own up to it. I'm glad he decided to leak what he did -- the NSA collecting all that information seems like an overstep of government authority and when the government goes too far, it should be called out for everyone to see. But with him not sticking around, I see him as more a traitor than a hero.
Well that is just a dumb line of logic. You said that what the NSA was doing 'seems' like a governmental overstep? No, it was big time illegal and unconstitutional and he fled because our government has a history of disappearing people like Snowden. Or if they cannot disappear them, do everything they can to ruin you financially and socially.
You are not obligated to defend the very illegal things that people in our government do, like spy on everyone illegally. Wouldn't you agree that it is silly to think the government would have done anything less than destroy Snowden?
I think he has a whole schedule of surprises for us.
I don't think Snowden deserves a pardon. He ought to have stayed in the United States instead of running to Russia.
If you do something, you have a responsibility to own up to it. I'm glad he decided to leak what he did -- the NSA collecting all that information seems like an overstep of government authority and when the government goes too far, it should be called out for everyone to see. But with him not sticking around, I see him as more a traitor than a hero.
Well that is just a dumb line of logic. You said that what the NSA was doing 'seems' like a governmental overstep? No, it was big time illegal and unconstitutional and he fled because our government has a history of disappearing people like Snowden. Or if they cannot disappear them, do everything they can to ruin you financially and socially.
You are not obligated to defend the very illegal things that people in our government do, like spy on everyone illegally. Wouldn't you agree that it is silly to think the government would have done anything less than destroy Snowden?
Not only was Snowden right to flee to russia, I’d go as far to stay he should stay the heck in russia even if Trump pardons him.
I’ve seen far to many stories of people getting suicided to think he’d be safe here.
DJT used to be a guy on a TV show that I didn't watch that apparently said "You're fired" a lot.
Look at him now.
My opinion changed based on new information.
A traitor? If he didn't flee, he'd been in prison for life, or killed. Knowing who was in charge then, I'd guess he'd been killed.