Obama’s former attorney general Eric Holder, however, gave an unexpected boost to the campaign for a pardon in May when he said Snowden had performed a public service. The campaign could receive a further lift from Oliver Stone’s film, Snowden, scheduled for release in the US on Friday. — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. If Obama, as seems likely, declines to pardon Snowden, his chances under either Clinton or Trump would seem to be even slimmer. Snowden the movie: Ewen MacAskill watches the NSA super-leak come back to life Read more“It was an alarming experience for me.

Source: The Guardian September 13, 2016 11:28 UTC