You can't have it both ways. Either the president is bound by the letter of the constitution, or its spirit. If by the letter, he has the power to issue a pardo

You can't have it both ways. Either the president is bound by the letter of the constitution, or its spirit. If by the letter, he has the power to issue a pardon. If by the spirit, he need not use "every means available" to persecute Snowden. Consider also, the opposite case. During the Iraq war, the US government tortured people. That is clearly against both US and international law. Yet the president and his justice department have done nothing to "go after" those responsible, much less "use available means." Does this conform with either the spirit or the letter of the constitution?