Coalition Seeks Obama to Pardon Snowden

[Sean Lynch]

On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 7:23 AM, Razer <rayzer at riseup.net> wrote:

> ...
> So he returns home to a hero's welcome and a year later he's been
> involved in a fatal car wreck, or airplane crash, or, as a cover story
> when he's found dead in a ditch on a back road in Florida, tortured and
> beaten to an unrecognizable pulp, "the Russians did it".
>
> I think there's a serious underestimation here of just how murderous the
> US government is if someone betrays them... Hell! You don't even have to
> betray them. Just annoy the wrong people.
>
> Sorry Edward Snowden is in Exile for life whether he likes it or not, if
> he wants to stay alive.
>

I agree that if I were Snowden I wouldn't ever trust the USG, but I don't
see how it serves the government's purposes to have him die in any way
where would-be whistleblowers don't at least strongly suspect is connected
to his leaks. They want to make an example of him, because leaks are the
thing the USG is by far the most vulnerable to.
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