Should Snowden be pardoned?

Should Edward Snowden be pardoned for stealing documents from the CIA which exposed the Governments domestic surveillance program?

I think he committed a crime, but it was clearly to expose something many believe the government was wrong to do. His actions did result in the Government ending that program and basically admitting it was wrong..

What do you think?

it was the NSA bro... if you are going to comment on this stuff at least have a basic understanding of what happened.

he absolutely should be pardoned, but it wont happen
 
What about Chelsea Manning, should she be pardoned?

I am less familiar with that situation, but what I do know is they are completely different circumstances. Manning just vomited everything they found and leaked a lot of sensitive material without being responsible about it. Snowden actually tried going through whistleblower channels first, and when push came to shove he released it to respectable journalists for them to release it responsibly.

That said, both exposed government wrongdoing so yeah I could probably get behind a pardon for manning as well, or at the very least a sentence commution.
 
You do know that a legal name change does not change the fact your name before that is charged, right?

Someone said you were an attorney and I would think you know this. Even job apps have 'former name' boxes.

Back off or I will stop being yurt and you will have twice as much work fending off zappy....
 
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