Monday, September 12, 2016

Snowden Pardon? Not Likely

On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and other prominent human rights organizations will launch a formal campaign asking President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden for revealing the National Security Agency's mass surveillance programs.

The long-expected campaign will start just two days before Oliver Stone's Snowden hits theaters. The hope is that Stone's largely sympathetic portrayal of the whistleblower will further help Snowden's image nationwide.

  Motherboard
Is anybody still on the fence?
At the Toronto Film Festival, Stone said he "hopes" Obama pardons Snowden, but was quick to note that, considering Obama expanded the mass surveillance programs Snowden uncovered, he doesn't expect it to happen.
No kidding.

Starting Wednesday, the groups will ask for signatures in support of Snowden at www.pardonsnowden.org.
You know what to do.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

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