• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I doubt Trump will do anything that could be perceived as encouraging more whistleblowers, at least while he’s in office.

    Best case—a Democrat wins the next election, Trump gives up on trying to stop it, and pardons Snowden on his way out.

      • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        1 month ago

        Just putting it out there that Snowden and the journalist he worked with, Glenn Greenwald, were and are both a lot more right wing than they seemed to a lot of folks on first glance.

        Both of them have some good viewpoints that are seriously undermined by other more unsavory viewpoints they have.