▲ 1490 ▼ Be like Edward Snowden (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by HLMenckenFan@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 99 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] infyrin@lemmy.world 70 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Snowden deserved Obamas pardon a lot more than Manning. I get the sense that Manning leaked stuff for the sake of leaking stuff, while Snowden uncovered a vast domestic and unconstitutional espionage program to which the general public was unaware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) NSA being an angry little child with a napkin aside, I believe there was a legal hurdle to Snowden being pardoned: You need to be tried & sentenced before a presidential pardon can be applied, as far as I understood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Exatron@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Surprisingly, that actually isn't required. Nixon was pardoned without even being indicted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago hmm - interesting. I thought this topic was debated when the orange turd was thinking about pardoning itself preemptively... permalink fedilink source parent [–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 years ago Of course he's not a traitor. He exposed politicians who were actively violating the constitution. Those politicians are the traitors, traitors to American ideals and laws. At the very least, they're criminals. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] vettnerk@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child) Snowden deserved Obamas pardon a lot more than Manning. I get the sense that Manning leaked stuff for the sake of leaking stuff, while Snowden uncovered a vast domestic and unconstitutional espionage program to which the general public was unaware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) NSA being an angry little child with a napkin aside, I believe there was a legal hurdle to Snowden being pardoned: You need to be tried & sentenced before a presidential pardon can be applied, as far as I understood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Exatron@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Surprisingly, that actually isn't required. Nixon was pardoned without even being indicted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago hmm - interesting. I thought this topic was debated when the orange turd was thinking about pardoning itself preemptively... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) NSA being an angry little child with a napkin aside, I believe there was a legal hurdle to Snowden being pardoned: You need to be tried & sentenced before a presidential pardon can be applied, as far as I understood. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Exatron@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Surprisingly, that actually isn't required. Nixon was pardoned without even being indicted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago hmm - interesting. I thought this topic was debated when the orange turd was thinking about pardoning itself preemptively... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Exatron@lemmy.world 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) Surprisingly, that actually isn't required. Nixon was pardoned without even being indicted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago hmm - interesting. I thought this topic was debated when the orange turd was thinking about pardoning itself preemptively... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago hmm - interesting. I thought this topic was debated when the orange turd was thinking about pardoning itself preemptively... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 22 points 3 years ago Of course he's not a traitor. He exposed politicians who were actively violating the constitution. Those politicians are the traitors, traitors to American ideals and laws. At the very least, they're criminals. permalink fedilink source parent
