U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he is considering a pardon for Edward Snowden, the former U.S. National Security Agency contractor — now living in Russia — whose spectacular leaks shook the U.S. intelligence community in 2013. U.S. authorities for years have wanted Snowden returned to the United States to face a criminal trial on espionage charges brought in 2013. "I'm going to start looking at it," Trump told reporters about a possible pardon, speaking at a news conference at his Bedminster, New Jersey golf club. "It seems to be a split decision," Trump told reporters. (Associated Press)But such a move would horrify many in the U.S. intelligence community, some of whose most important secrets were exposed.

Source: CBC News August 16, 2020 02:15 UTC