Posted on 11/30/2024 3:57:24 PM PST by Libloather
Deep state whistleblower Edward Snowden may be getting a new lease on life.
The famous fugitive, who has been living in Russia since 2013 after leaking classified National Security Agency documents showing the US was engaged in a massive surveillance program, has been a cause célèbre among left-wing and free speech activists, but has received a chillier reception from Republicans.
But Snowden has some powerful allies in President-elect Trump’s cabinet, insiders told The Post.
Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, co-sponsored a resolution in September 2020 calling on the United States to drop all charges against Snowden.
A person close to Gabbard told The Post clemency for Snowden issue remained important to her and that she would likely push for that in Trump’s second term.
“I certainly think if asked that that is the direction she would push,” the insider said.
Gabbard co-sponsored the bill with Florida GOP congressman Matt Gaetz, who Trump nominated to be attorney general Though Gaetz was forced to withdraw, he is still expected to retain influence in Trump world.
“Matt has a wonderful future, and I look forward to watching all of the great things he will do!” Trump said in a Truth Social post after Gaetz withdrew.
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The Soviet union ended about 25 years ago. And politics do not enter into it. This is a question of morality.
Yeah I just saw your other post and was headed that way to thank you for sharing that. :)
Snowden blew the whistle on the cabal.
Why does that bother you so much?
What Snowden revealed was the NSA was (and presumably, still are) engaged in a massive surveillance program AGAINST US CITIZENS WHO HAVE COMMITTED NO CRIMES.
Same here.
Source, please.
I think he was being sarcastic, but I’m not sure.
The Soviet Union hasn’t existed in over 30 years.
Où sont les Neigedens d’antan?
cut it out
If he (Snowden) was so dangerous regarding all of the secrets he had, why didn’t Obama simply drop charges in order to get him out of Russia and back to the US?
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No point in bringing him back, Bob. The SCI/SAP/Eyes Only data had already been disseminated to China, Russia, Iran and AQ.
All they could do, if they went to the expense & political capital to get him back, would be to sentence him to life with Aldrich Ames and Robert Hanssen.
All the cats were already out of the bag and the bag burned. All the named operatives in the above countries were already dead. It was a thorough and complete exsanguination of all of NSA’s deepest secrets.
Ditto the guy did us all a huge favor.
The cabal is an organization whose existence is based on deception.
This means they had to first become stupid and then steal their power from normal people.
Obviously, the Russians weren’t going to let him return to the US regardless of anything Obama did, and they weren’t going to allow him to return even if he wanted to.
They aren’t going to evict or render their spy.
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