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This might've worked if they'd offered him full clemency the same day the leaks started coming out. The handling of his case shows that capturing and punishing
by mullingitover 13y ago
This might've worked if they'd offered him full clemency the same day the leaks started coming out. The handling of his case shows that capturing and punishing him was far more important to the administration than any concerns about national security.
- krapp 13y agoI think concerns about national security are why the government wanted to capture and punish him to begin with. That hasn't happened fast enough and the wind is now behind Snowden's back. Showing some semblance of the possibility of mercy at least is more politically feasible than calling for his head, and they're still hoping they can stop the release of... whatever else there could possibly be.