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There was never, ever, the remotest chance in hell this was going to happen. Obama has nothing to gain from this, and has never said or done anything to give th

• CoryG89 10y ago
  This is precisely the reason presidents wait until the end of both terms before making any pardons. It's possible (however unlikely) that Obama, deep down, doesn't actually condemn him as much as he has let on publicly. Regardless of how he personally feels, until now, there are appearances that had to be kept up. So while now he still has nothing to gain by pardoning him, there is now much less to lose than there had been previously.
• bsder 10y ago
  > There was never, ever, the remotest chance in hell this was going to happen. Obama has nothing to gain from this Neither of these have to be true. However, 1) Obama will certainly not do something this controversial before the election. 2) Obama absolutely has really nothing to lose either by pardoning Snowden at the end of his term. In fact, he actually has quite a bit of credibility to gain among the people who care.