Bring Snowden back. Put him in charge of the NSA

[Ethereal]

Snowden should be pardoned, but I wouldn't put him in charge of the NSA.

I agree with the sentiment, but technically speaking, Snowden didn't do anything that requires a pardon - unless upholding and defending the constitution is now considered a crime?

[MisterVeritis]

Snowden should be pardoned, but I wouldn't put him in charge of the NSA.

Why not?

[MisterVeritis]

I agree with the sentiment, but technically speaking, Snowden didn't do anything that requires a pardon - unless upholding and defending the constitution is now considered a crime?

Snowden violated his non-disclosure agreement. The one I sighed promised me 75 years in jail for each offense.

I think we can pardon him. He confirmed what we suspected. The federal government is the greatest danger to our liberty.

[Ethereal]

Snowden violated his non-disclosure agreement. The one I sighed promised me 75 years in jail for each offense.

I think we can pardon him. He confirmed what we suspected. The federal government is the greatest danger to our liberty.

Non-disclosure agreements do not cover illegal activities that violate the constitution.

[Peter1469]

The founders didn't need a laundry list of national security bureaucracies - all they needed was an army and a navy.

What about the Naval Infantry?

[Captdon]

I agree with the sentiment, but technically speaking, Snowden didn't do anything that requires a pardon - unless upholding and defending the constitution is now considered a crime?

He released classified documents. He didn't get to decide that. He needs killed.

[Rationalist]

Why not?

It's a conflict of interests. On the one hand, I'm glad he did what he did, but he's also spent the last few years in Russia. I understand why he's in Russia, but his stay there makes him a liability. We don't know if Russia has certain leverage against him in exchange for providing him asylum. Said leverage could possibly be used against him even if he was pardoned and allowed to re-enter the US.

[MisterVeritis]

Non-disclosure agreements do not cover illegal activities that violate the constitution.

I have sympathy for your position.

[MisterVeritis]

It's a conflict of interests. On the one hand, I'm glad he did what he did, but he's also spent the last few years in Russia. I understand why he's in Russia, but his stay there makes him a liability. We don't know if Russia has certain leverage against him in exchange for providing him asylum. Said leverage could possibly be used against him even if he was pardoned and allowed to re-enter the US.

We can hire you to watch him.

[RadioGod]

He released classified documents. He didn't get to decide that. He needs killed.

Documents? No, he didn't. He revealed how we were being spied on unconstitutionally. Without proper warrants issued by a court after an examination of evidence. You must have Snowden confused with Manning.