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> I'm guessing his situation in Russia has deteriorated to the point where a US prison is preferable to staying in Russia That may be the case, but keep in min
by slantedview 12y ago
> I'm guessing his situation in Russia has deteriorated to the point where a US prison is preferable to staying in Russia
That may be the case, but keep in mind, in some way this story isn't news. Snowden has always said he'd like to come home. That hasn't changed.
- exelius 12y agoI completely agree; the timing is curious to me though. Given how savvy he and his team (i.e. the reporters he's been working with) are with manipulating the media, I wouldn't be surprised if this is just becoming public because the US is entering into a presidential election cycle. IMO the best political outcome for the democrats would be to have Obama pardon him as part of the presidential pardons every president issues on his last day in office. Bush actually gave last-day pardons to people accused of much more dangerous leaks of classified information (the whole Valerie Plame scandal), so it's not unprecedented.