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Cheney calls pardoning Snowden 'unconscionable' after Trump says he's considering it
The Hill ^ | 08/16/20 08:01 PM EDT | BY ARIS FOLLEY

Posted on 08/16/2020 5:09:29 PM PDT by RandFan

Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) said on Sunday that pardoning former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden “would be unconscionable” after President Trump said he was considering the idea at a recent press conference.

“Edward Snowden is a traitor. He is responsible for the largest and most damaging release of classified info in US history. He handed over US secrets to Russian and Chinese intelligence putting our troops and our nation at risk,” Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, tweeted on Sunday afternoon, adding; “Pardoning him would be unconscionable.”

A day before Cheney’s comments, Trump said at a press conference at his golf club in New Jersey that he was looking at pardoning the former NSA contractor, who was charged with espionage years back after he released classified documents related to U.S. surveillance programs.

"I’m going to look at it," Trump said at the news conference. "I’m not that aware of the Snowden situation, but I’m going to start looking at it."

"It seems to be a split decision. There are many people think that he should be somehow treated differently and other people think he did very bad things," he continued.

Earlier this week, Trump also told the New York Post that he’s been thinking allowing Snowden, who is currently in Russia, to return to the U.S. without facing time behind bars.

“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,” the president told the paper.

“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,” he also said.

His recent remarks come a little more than seven years after Trump said he thought Snowden was “a terrible threat” and “traitor” in an interview in 2013, while then-President Obama was in office.

“This guy is really doing damage to this country, and he’s also making us look like dopes. We can’t allow this guy to go out there and give out all our secrets and also embarrass us at every level. We should get him back and get him back now,” he added then.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; US: Wyoming
KEYWORDS: cheney; deepstate; dick; doj; lizcheney; snowden; trump
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Deep State triggered? Maybe that's the plan...
1 posted on 08/16/2020 5:09:29 PM PDT by RandFan
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To: RandFan

One of my favs from the left...Cheney’s got a gun...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqQn2ADZE1A


2 posted on 08/16/2020 5:12:51 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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“”“Edward Snowden is a traitor. He is responsible for the largest and most damaging release of classified info in US history.”””””

Quite the outrage from War Monger Liz.

Has she opined on the FBI, the CIA and the White house spying on candidate Trump and then President Trump?

I didn’t think so.


3 posted on 08/16/2020 5:13:53 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: RandFan

Bush League Republicans work for the deep state.


4 posted on 08/16/2020 5:14:28 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: shelterguy

Edward Snowden’s act of “treason” is chump change compared to what members of the Deep State have done. I daresay that Miss Cheney’s father has his own stuff to hide from the American public.


5 posted on 08/16/2020 5:16:34 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: PGalt

Susan Rice and Cheney are in agreement. Surprise. Uniparty in action:

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@ggreenwald

National Security apparatchiks like @AmbassadorRice (no longer an Ambassador) have wanted Snowden in prison for years because he exposed how they secretly and illegally converted the internet into their spying playground.

https://twitter.com/AmbassadorRice/status/1294797549560385543


6 posted on 08/16/2020 5:16:41 PM PDT by RandFan (3C)
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To: RandFan

If DS doesn’t like it it must be good...trigger.


7 posted on 08/16/2020 5:17:02 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich ( "Where they delete tweets, they will in the end also delete people."-unseen1_unseen)
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"I’m going to look at it," Trump said at the news conference.

That is all he said. He didn't say he was considering it. It's the appropriate thing to do. Look into it.

Cheney is grandstanding.

8 posted on 08/16/2020 5:17:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (Wear Your Mask-Stay In Your Home-Do What You're Told-Vote Democrat)
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To: RandFan

Okay Karen.


9 posted on 08/16/2020 5:17:20 PM PDT by AAABEST (NY/DC/LA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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She be wrong.


10 posted on 08/16/2020 5:19:26 PM PDT by Shark24
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To: RandFan

Almost sounds like he is ‘fishing’ again.

If he makes a statement like ‘since schools aren’t open’ and nobody ‘likes’ Christmas anyway, maybe we should just not give Paid holidays for Christmas.

Or something like that.

Problem is he would probably start ‘waking up’ the long rifles and other crazies.

DON’T tell me to celebrate Christmas but don’t you dare take away the paid holiday.

As bad as the anti Police protestors calling the Police when they have a ‘problem’ while blocking highways and right of ways

I swan, some have absolutely no sense of the meaning of irony and/or hypocrisy


11 posted on 08/16/2020 5:20:13 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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We all knew the GOP-e was involved in spying on Americans.
I didn’t think Cheney was dumb enough to be involved in it.


12 posted on 08/16/2020 5:21:44 PM PDT by Zathras
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She used to be a favorite of mine... now she’s nothing more than a Romney/Kasich wannabe.


13 posted on 08/16/2020 5:21:52 PM PDT by House Atreides
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The Swamp is Deep in Liz.


14 posted on 08/16/2020 5:23:14 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: RandFan

What did she say about Manning? I need a frame of reference.


15 posted on 08/16/2020 5:23:42 PM PDT by ChuckHam
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Butt Obama letting Bradford Manning out of prison was so marvy because a damn homofascist who joined the enlisted services SPECIFICALLY to spy and damage the Army (because he opposed Bill Clinton’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy) is so much better?

Don’t blame the messenger at Wikileaks.

And Seth Rich provided those DNC emails, not Russia.


16 posted on 08/16/2020 5:26:32 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: RandFan

Traitor really.to whom I don’t think Snowden is even a US citizen.


17 posted on 08/16/2020 5:26:48 PM PDT by BiteYourSelf
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To: RandFan

Is anyone close to Liz feeling the potential heat?


18 posted on 08/16/2020 5:27:52 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: RandFan

Supposedly, classifying things to cover a crime... is supposedly a crime.


19 posted on 08/16/2020 5:28:01 PM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: RandFan
Cheney jumped the gun....Trump said he's going to look at it, that there's two sides of opinion on it. Needless to say those who think he's a traitor are going too get there pants in a knot. Those who think he was being informative to the American people are going to thin otherwise.
20 posted on 08/16/2020 5:28:03 PM PDT by caww ( Trump - the most pro-life president in History !)
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