President Donald Trump announced that he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the New York Post reported yesterday. Trump polled his aides in the Oval Office on Aug. 13, the Post said, on their thoughts regarding a pardon for Snowden, allowing him to return to the U.S. a free man. “There are a lot of people that think that he is not being treated fairly. I mean, I hear that,” Trump said. “Snowden is one of the people they talk about. They talk about numerous people, but he is certainly one of the people that they do talk about,” Trump said. It would seem certain that others being “talked about” would include Julian Assange, another whistleblower “not being treated fairly.” While Snowden has exposed the many crimes of Clapper, Brennan et al., Assange has done the same — in both cases, by telling the American people and the world the truth about the crimes of these traitorous assets of British intelligence in the Obama apparatus.
Trump went on regarding Snowden, speaking to his aides: “I guess the DOJ is looking to extradite him right now? … It’s certainly something I could look at. Many people are on his side, I will say that. I don’t know him, never met him. But many people are on his side. How do you feel about that — Snowden? Haven’t heard the name in a long time. I’ve heard it both ways. From traitor to he’s being, you know, persecuted. I’ve heard it both ways.”
Many sources have quickly come forward to support the idea. The ACLU tweeted: “Edward Snowden is a patriot. Our democracy is better off because of him. As we said four years ago, the President should pardon him.” The “progressive” Common Dreams news center wrote:
