You can pardon snowden all day long, he would never be able to step food back in the U.S. (or friendly nation) without regretting it.
foot*
(must be hungry)
I agree.
Exactly correct. Say you are Snowden and you get a pardon from President Trump. When you come home do you really have faith that some federal court somewhere court won’t overturn it? Hell, it could be a secret court and he wouldn’t even see it coming.
Sad to say, but at this point, and after this election, only a fool would take the word of the US government, or trust any promise they made you.
The overarching hallmark of the USSR was pervasive governmental corruption and dishonesty. Tragically, we have now arrived at that point in America.