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		stjohnswarts on Aug 16, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Trump says he is considering pardon for Edward Sno... Pardoning a whistleblower who was just trying to protect the Constitution and help stave off intelligence agencies from spying on everyone a bit less seems like exactly what pardons were created for. What bigger injustice is there than upholding the law of the land and being declared a traitor despite only trying to help save our democracy from autocratic forces?

ttyprintk on Aug 17, 2020 [–]

Snowden's oath to the Constitution is only relevant for his disclosures about surveillance within the national borders.

His disclosures of the capabilities of the NSA in other countries, where the Constitution does not apply, has been the problem since Obama.

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