Snowden fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after he leaked a trove of secret files in 2013 to news organizations that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the NSA.
“I’m going to start looking at it,” Trump told reporters about a possible pardon, speaking at a news conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club.“It seems to be a split decision,” Trump told reporters. “Many people think he should be somehow treated differently. And other people think he did very bad things.”
But such a move would horrify many in the U.S. intelligence community, some of whose most important secrets were exposed. Trump has harshly criticized past leaders of the U.S. intelligence community and FBI, and on Thursday took aim at the bureau’s current director Christopher Wray, his own appointee.The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit last September against Snowden, arguing that his recently published memoir, “Permanent Record,” violated non-disclosure agreements.
acoyne This guy has done harm to national security and betrayed his country.
acoyne No different than Julian Assange, Julian Assange did in fact expose International Crimes Committed by US, the Evidence of these International Crimes not only Constiuted Crimes within the Jurisdiction of IntlCrimCourt but any ICoJ which adjudicates War Crimes, Protected Witness?
acoyne Strongly Support
Trump is thinking of pardoning a spy who committed treason. It says a lot when that doesn’t really surprise me 🤦🏼♀️ TrumpIsACompleteFailure TrumpFailedAmerica VoteBlueToSaveAmerica VoteBidenHarris2020
Snowden, a deep state whistle-blower is safe in Russia and now in USA. What does that tell you about the two leaders? Putin and Trump are BUSTING THE DEEP STATE. Another great call by Trump! Anti-Trump idiots need a primer in geopolitics: media brainwashed morons.
Trump score: Peace in NKorea, stopping ISIS, busting elite pedophile rings, great economy for everyone, cut blacks unemployment by half, call out the press for who they are: enemy of the people, end wars, bust the deep state and now peace in the Middle East. All this in 3.5 years
acoyne Wait a few days. He will be considering somthing else...
Very misleading story.
Trump has gone from calling him a traitor and saying he deserves to be executed to saying that he is not being treated fairly and he should be pardoned. He's pardoned so many already so why not Snowden. He'll say and do anything at anytime. Something must have motivated him
First thought: what does Snowden have on dRump?
I wouldnt trust this sly bastard for a plug nickle.
Not a bad move, Snowden let the US and world know that big brother was watching a little too much...once freedom is given a its hard to get back and usually costly...
And TigerKing
Terrible move if Trump does pardon Snowden. Public employees can’t all individually make up their own minds about which national security laws to follow. If a law is unconstitutional and thus no law at all, there are paths to challenge it, but that’s not what Snowden did.
Poor Snowden , he’s thinking WTF is this Trump guy up to now?
😆 don’t think Snowden will go back no matter what Trump “promise “
No he's not. Another Trump lie. He said Snowden is a traitor and should be punished 'like a traitor'. We all know what that means.
Nice. He will try any distraction he can. In the mean time what is he doing about the Trump Virus and the failed Trump Economy?
Solves a lot of problems, but creates more. I say pardon away!!!!
It’s election season 😂
Might be the first good thing he's done since taking office.
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