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Edward Snowden: There Has Been No Effort Made to Seek a Pardon from Trump
Breitbart ^ | 12 Sep 2020 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 09/12/2020 9:07:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Friday on MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour,” Edward Snowden, the so-called NSA whistleblower, reacted to comments from President Donald Trump about a possible pardon for his alleged violations of the Espionage Act.

Snowden, who has been in Russia avoiding prosecution for the alleged violations of law, said although there was an effort to seek a pardon from former President Barack Obama, there had not been one with Trump.

“I had not, and this is something people have actually forgotten,” he said. “There was a pardon campaign back during the Obama administration, but I at no point actually asked for pardon myself, while it’s tremendously gratifying to have this level of support. But as I said, my condition for return is simply a fair trial. Now, we didn’t see the Obama administration talking about a pardon in this way, and I think Trump has commented again since then that he thought, you know, treatment was very unfair or could be. And there’s been a lot of speculation that’s come from this, but there’s been no contact. I was as surprised as anybody else to see this. But it’s very interesting to see this president thinking about, you know, pardoning what a lot of people would consider one of the big names in this new war on whistleblowers, and that’s something that I think we should all support seeing come to an end.”

“By hook or by crook, there’s been nothing,” Snowden added. “No contact, anything like that. I think if that were happening, it would be certainly news that we’d probably hear through one of the channels.”

Snowden said he would not “lavish” Trump with praise for a pardon.

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1 posted on 09/12/2020 9:07:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Before he could be pardoned, it needs to be proved he wasn’t a Russian asset.


2 posted on 09/12/2020 9:19:42 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Isn’t that the same thing Trump was accused of?


3 posted on 09/12/2020 9:23:30 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. -E Snowden)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He doesn’t sound like the grateful type.


4 posted on 09/12/2020 9:27:08 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trade Snowden for Soros. The Russkies would do it in a heartbeat.


5 posted on 09/12/2020 9:46:48 PM PDT by SanchoP
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Well,possibly by some people. But Trump didn’t end up as a prisoner in Russia, and give them a valuable asset. So there’s actually some evidence to suggest that Snowden might be a Russian asset. If he was n’t deliberately doing that then he’s very stupid. he should have made sure he didn’t get caught somewhere whereas only option was to go to Russia.


6 posted on 09/12/2020 9:57:49 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

At any rate, Snowden is now the property of Russia. And that’s not a position I would like to be in. So he’s either stupid, or he somehow had a deal with the Russians all along. Which is stupid in its own right. Kim philby lived the rest of his life is a very unhappy man in Russia.


7 posted on 09/12/2020 10:00:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Even Gary Powers didn’t take the ‘pill’.

And he ended up there in a much different fashion.

BUT

He was allowed to come home and (maybe) there is such a thing called ‘Karma’..

Sort of like the guy making Audie Murphy look like an ‘REIMF’ coming home and getting killed by a runaway bus.

Even worse, Omar Little (The Wire) getting taken out by a kid that couldn’t reach the counter.

When your time is up, it is UP.


8 posted on 09/12/2020 10:07:19 PM PDT by xrmusn (6/98"HRC is the Grandmother that lures Hansel & Gretel to the pot")
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To: nickcarraway
Snowden is a deep state asset.

He was sent by Brennan's CIA to take down the NSA.

CIA vs. NSA.

Deep state vs. America.


9 posted on 09/12/2020 10:18:44 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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So you’re saying they deliberately screwed him over?


10 posted on 09/12/2020 10:21:24 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
They?

Who they?

I'm saying the CIA assigned Snowden on loan to NSA with the intention of him nabbing their secrets and releasing them to destroy the NSA.

It was a consolidation of US intelligence move by derp state.

Snowden is no patriot. Quite the opposite.


11 posted on 09/12/2020 10:25:00 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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Yes, but the part you’re leaving out is that they screwed him over. If Snowden was sent by the CIA to get information on the NSA to release the public. Then then they screwed Snowden over. They let him become a prisoner in Russia. Not only that but they deliberately committed treason. They let Snowden in his laptop fall into the hands of the Russians. If what you say is true I’m sure they didn’t tell Snowden that they were going let him spend the rest of his life as a prisoner.


12 posted on 09/12/2020 10:32:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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By the way where is your proof for information that this was a CIA operation?


13 posted on 09/12/2020 10:33:17 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
So you think the fact that the "intelligence community" was illegally spying on EVERYONE was none of our business?

When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. --Edward Snowden

14 posted on 09/12/2020 10:36:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals. -E Snowden)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I reread but I wrote and I didn’t say that anywhere. Where are you getting that?


15 posted on 09/12/2020 10:41:56 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

l8r


16 posted on 09/12/2020 10:46:03 PM PDT by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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To: aynrandfreak

[He doesn’t sound like the grateful type.]

Yeah, seemed to come off that way.


17 posted on 09/12/2020 10:54:11 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: nickcarraway

I missed it too :-)

I thought maybe because I was still sick :-)


18 posted on 09/12/2020 11:04:43 PM PDT by dp0622 (I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABO UT THE COVID GODFATHER, I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN!)
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To: nickcarraway
They let him become a prisoner in Russia. Not only that but they deliberately committed treason. They let Snowden in his laptop fall into the hands of the Russians.

Actually, they let Snowden and his stolen intel fall into the hands of the Chinese. the true enemy. He stopped off there first.

I wouldn't call him a prisoner in Russia so much as a fugitive and guest. And yes, [they] deliberately committed treason. The entire Obama administration was based on treason. From the White House to the State House to the CIA to the FBI and more.

Military Intelligence was the one bastion of America left. And some say that those are the people that recruited Trump to run for President and set up The Plan to save the world (Q).

[They] had to take out the NSA to cripple the one department that could thwart plans with its data collection methods. And put ruin to their sixteen year plan to control America.

Snowden may or may not have known he'd be exiled from America when he was on mission, but no matter to the deep state. He was just a tool.

The silent war continues.

Its bigger than we can imagine.


19 posted on 09/13/2020 12:12:56 AM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: nickcarraway

Before he could be pardoned, it needs to be proved he wasn’t a Russian asset.


That’s easy. He was a Chinese asset; they were his handlers and where he fled to hand over his thumb drive. When the Chinese had gotten all he had the kicked him out, whereupon he fled to the Russian embassy and duly handed over the same data which found its way to AQ, Iran and ISIS.

In the end, whose asset was he?

This could be sorted with a sturdy wall or post and at least one tiny bit of lead. Barring that, and to avoid more deaths due to this vile traitor, an AGM-114R9X would not be out of the question; if its good enough for ISIS, its good enough for Eddy Snowjob.


20 posted on 09/13/2020 3:27:33 AM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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