> Why are so many hackers unwilling to learn the basics of civics? ahem The two probably-most-famous pardons in American history - Ford's pardon of Nixon and

> Why are so many hackers unwilling to learn the basics of civics? ahem The two probably-most-famous pardons in American history - Ford's pardon of Nixon and Carter's pardon of draft dodgers - affected unindicted individuals (Carter's included people who had been convicted, but also included plenty of individuals where no action had been taken). And those are not the only two examples. It is legally possible for President Obama to pardon Snowden. You are simply factually incorrect as it comes to American governance. Many of us did pay attention in school (and many of us researched carefully afterwards).