Re:Edward Snowden makes 'moral' case for presidential pardon
by Maarten88 on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @12:35PM
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> Marc Rich [...] his crime doesn't seem to be anything out of the ordinary
One of the biggest US tax frauds ever, polluted and corrupted Zambia, fled to Switzerland to avoid prosecution (just the tax thing of course), hired lobbyists, sponsored congress library and some politicians, pardoned by Bill Clinton. An example of class justice, corruption and other things wrong in the US, but as you said: nothing out of the ordinary...
I'm afraid Snowden did not make enough money to pay off the right people, like Rich did.
One of the biggest US tax frauds ever, polluted and corrupted Zambia, fled to Switzerland to avoid prosecution (just the tax thing of course), hired lobbyists, sponsored congress library and some politicians, pardoned by Bill Clinton. An example of class justice, corruption and other things wrong in the US, but as you said: nothing out of the ordinary...
I'm afraid Snowden did not make enough money to pay off the right people, like Rich did.