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Re:Snowden has done a service- Former Bush official applauds... by virtuabhi on Friday March 25, 2016 @01:21PM (#11361287)
Actually, Sanders is pro-Snowden. Sanders has said that he will bring back Snowden and will make sure that a reasonable settlement is reached wrt. copying data and public benefit.

Edit: "In my view," Sanders continued, "the interests of justice would be best served if our government granted him some form of clemency or a plea agreement that would spare him a long prison sentence or permanent exile from the country whose freedoms he cared enough about to risk his own freedom." (added the actual comment)

Re:Snowden has done a service- Former Bush official applauds... by hartator on Friday March 25, 2016 @01:31PM (#11361362)
I don't think this position qualify as pro-Snowden. The trial facing by Snowden is for "treason", which is by definition false because no third party government was involved.

I think it's pretty binary debate. It's not 5 years jail time vs. life sentence like Sanders seems to imply.

Re:Snowden has done a service- Former Bush official applauds... by elevenfist on Friday March 25, 2016 @01:36PM (#11361402)
The US will not seek the death penalty for Snowden. [1] So functionally what Sanders is describing is the same.

[1] http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:LzcZPxv...