Michael Hayden, Ex-NSA Director, Says Clemency for Edward Snowden Is ‘Outrageous’ Idea -- Eli Lake, Daily Beast
The New York Times and The Guardian asked President Obama to be lenient on the leaker in two editorials Thursday.
According to the U.S. intelligence community, Edward Snowden is the most dangerous leaker in American history. The New York Times and the Guardian, however, on Thursday offered a second opinion. In strongly worded editorials the two newspapers urged President Obama to give the 30 year-old former NSA contractor clemency.
Despite the editorials and a campaign from civil liberties groups, it’s unlikely the White House or the intelligence community will support letting Snowden off the hook.
President Obama last month at an end of the year press conference declined to answer a question about clemency. But as recently as November, top White House officials said the White House was not considering clemency for Snowden. The chairs of the House and Senate intelligence committees have also said clemency should be ruled out for Snowden.
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My Comment: More than half of the U.S. public believes that Edward Snowden should be punished .... and it is this group that US politicians will ultimately follow. But I expect that with time these numbers will change .... and so will the opposition to giving Edward Snowden some form of immunity. My prediction still holds that in five years Edward Snowden will be back in the U.S. with an immunity agreement, and he will be providing testimony to closed sessions of Congress on the NSA.
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