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I think two things can be true at once here… 1. We have GOT to close some of these loopholes now that we know what they are and… 2. Someone should go to feder

I think two things can be true at once here… 1. We have GOT to close some of these loopholes now that we know what they are and… 2. Someone should go to federal prison for this leak We can’t undo what we now know about avoiding taxes and we cannot condone egregious invasions of privacy like this.

dane-pgp 5y ago
If someone brings to light an injustice which prompts the legislature to fix the laws to better match the public consensus of fairness, that seems a perfect example of what the presidential pardoning power is intended for. I understand that the word "If" is doing a lot a work in that sentence, and I have some sympathy for law-abiding billionaires who don't deserve to have their privacy invaded, but they should receive some form of compensation rather than legal punishment of the leaker.
- listless 5y ago
  I think that justice should be blind. Just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you aren’t entitled to the same protections. We’ve gotten to a point in culture where some people “deserve it” so it’s ok if bad things happen to them. That feels like a dangerous exception to make.
machinebun 5y ago
I believe that if the leak is proven to be in the public interest, no one should go to jail (but that it should be the rare exception). I also don't believe Snowden deserves to be in jail (or rather that he should be pardoned). Sometimes you can't fix things without breaking the law - everyone does it on a daily basis with few consequences (jaywalking, etc). Sometimes it has to be done on a larger scale in order to shed light on injustices - otherwise the power of the few will prevail over the power of the many.