Police State/Civil Liberties

White House Unsurprisingly Will Not Pardon Edward Snowden

No surprise here.

By Scott Shackford

Reason

At the White House’s “We the People” online petition system, 167,954 people demanded that the administration give domestic surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden a “full, free, and absolute pardon for any crimes he has committed or may have committed related to blowing the whistle on secret NSA surveillance programs.”

Hope he's not too homesick.

The petition was filed in June 2013 and the White House has finally gotten around to responding, more than two years later. The short answer: LOL, NOPE! Here’s the long answer:

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