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Why now?

• lcfcjs2 6y ago
  He got some dirt on orange grandpa.
• protomyth 6y ago
  Well, if you start to think that there is something seriously wrong with State and the CIA, and they hate Snowden then you might want to consider that maybe you should look at the whole thing differently. Plus, he has some Republicans telling him to pardon Snowden.
  • Alupis 6y ago
    That, and enough time has passed with Snowden in exile that it still carries the message the Intelligence Community wanted sent - ie. don't do this! So, bringing him back to the US and pardoning him with "time served in exile", might be sufficient to make it more acceptable to a broader audience versus a 2014 pardon.
• e15ctr0n 6y ago
  Presidents usually start thinking about pardons at the end of their term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_pardons_in_the_United_...