Obama says he won’t pardon Edward Snowden, despite pressure
Edward Snowden will almost certainly have to watch from Russia as President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated in January.
President Obama told German newspaper Der Spiegel late last week that he will not pardon Snowden during his final weeks in office despite pressure from a group of high profile human and civil rights groups.
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Snowden, a former NSA contractor, has lived in exile ever since he worked with various media organizations in 2013 to reveal an array of extensive and intrusive domestic and international spying operations run by the NSA and other agencies. The revelations made headlines for months, and eventually led to curtailing of some of the NSA’s surveillance programs. Read more…
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