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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by drjesusphd on Thursday May 07, 2015 @01:34PM (#9506802)
"This type of thing" can be analyzed on a case-by-case basis. If, emboldened by a Snowden partdon, future whistleblowers take it too far, the president can decide whether or not they are eligible for pardon when the time comes.

The pendulum has swung too far away for this to be a credible objection. Yes, I do want to encourage what Snowden did.

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Re:U.S. NSA domestic phone spying program illegal: appeals c... by geophile on Thursday May 07, 2015 @01:58PM (#9506979)
This president, and the last one, have decided that any whistleblowing deserves vicious prosecution. They even think that some journalists deserve that treatment too.
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