The Republican president's comments followed an interview Trump gave to the New York Post this week in which he said of Snowden that “there are a lot of people that think that he is not being treated fairly” by US law enforcement.
Trump's softening stance towards Snowden represents a sharp reversal. Shortly after the leaks, Trump expressed hostility towards Snowden, calling him “a spy who should be executed.” But such a move would horrify many in the US intelligence community, some of whose most important secrets were exposed. Trump has harshly criticised past leaders of the US intelligence community and FBI, and on Thursday took aim at the bureau's current director Christopher Wray, his own appointee.
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