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by downandout 4336 days ago
It would be politically controversial to do so, so I doubt it would ever happen. Definitely not from Obama, whom he exposed as a traitor to the very ideals that got him elected.
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awt 4336 days ago
True. Pardons are usually only given to people actually did something wrong.
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Karunamon 4336 days ago
No matter what you think of Snowden, he did break the law. He did break his oath, he did steal government property.

That aside.. this is the least significant piece of information here. None of this is in question.

The most important one, and the question that should be the only one that matters, is were those actions justified?

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rektide 4336 days ago
What oath? The only oath he was required to sign AFAIK is the Oath of Office: one defending the constitution, not the corrupt inbred military-industrial-complex that's grown up. His oath read:

"I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God."

Source: http://www.newyorker.com/news/amy-davidson/did-edward-snowde...

I don't know one way or another about a Medal, but this man has upheld his oath, and he did not allow reservation or evasion to deter him in it discharging it's duty. So help him.

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ksrm 4336 days ago
Breaking the law =/=> doing something wrong.
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judk 4336 days ago
Nothing in your post is responsive to parent. Snowden broke the law and should be pardoned because he did it to fight far worse lawbreaking.
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Karunamon 4336 days ago
Parent implied that a pardon isn't on the table because Snowden did nothing wrong.

Well, he did break the law. Hence pardon in the first place..

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dllthomas 4336 days ago
Do you consider dodging the draft during Vietnam to be "something wrong"?
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ianstallings 4336 days ago
Yes. But that's just my opinion.
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dllthomas 4336 days ago
Not a crazy opinion, just curious, since I think by number of people pardoned that is the bulk of them (though I could certainly be mistaken).
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judk 4336 days ago
That was 40 years ago. We have had many pardons since.
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dllthomas 4336 days ago
We've pardoned many people before and since, but in terms of number of people pardoned I think that still dominates.
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rbanffy 4336 days ago
It would be possible between the next election and him leaving office.
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