There’s A New Campaign To Lobby President Obama To Pardon Edward Snowden

Pardonsnowden.org is urging people to sign a letter to bring him home.

September 14, 2016
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A new website, pardonsnowden.org, is urging people to sign a letter that will pardon former CIA employee Edward Snowden. Snowden, who is currently in exile in Moscow, leaked mass surveillance system information from the NSA, which made him a wanted man by the U.S. government. The site features a count down clock that will end when President Obama leaves office. Those behind Stand Up For Snowden are pushing for a pardon from the President before that clock reaches 0:0:0:0.

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Snowden does not officially endorse the site or the petition, but appeared in support of it this morning via satellite in New York.

"I love my country. I love my family," Snowden said. "I don't know where we're going from here. I don't know what tomorrow looks like. But I'm glad for the decisions I've made. Never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined, three years ago, such an outpouring of solidarity."

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The site also features quotes from prominent figures like Attorney General Eric Holder supporting Snowden.

“I think that he actually performed a public service by raising the debate that we engaged in and by the changes that we made,” Holder said.

A film about Snowden's life and the NSA leak, Snowden, will be released on Friday with Joseph Gordon Levitt in the titular role.

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For more information on signing Snowden's pardon visit here.

There’s A New Campaign To Lobby President Obama To Pardon Edward Snowden