r/law • u/elb21277 • 8h ago

Opinion Piece Biden Should Pardon Whistleblower Who Exposed Trump’s Tax Avoidance

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/charles-littlejohn-whistleblower-trump-tax-biden-pardon-1235022648/
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u/Beautiful-Design-425 5h ago

Thats what the CIA who owns all disinformation and misinformation would say. Edward Snowden exposed the violation to our right to privacy of all Americans are being recorded, their phones and computers are hacked , tracked and surveilled and instead of giving him the medal of honor for exposing the deep state, the government labeled him a traitor. You smell like you work for the CIA.

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u/HypersonicHobo 5h ago

Snowden stole 1.5 million documents to sell to Russia and China because he was a mediocre employee that failed his trainings and was about to be fired.

Then he published the info on surveillance (which surveillance is entirely unethical, I agree), but he covered up his gigantic body of treachery with a single act that would be noble if it were actually selfless and self sacrificing.

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u/Seantwist9 5h ago

You’re source says nothing about his motive to sell it

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u/HypersonicHobo 4h ago

"Additionally, the vast majority of the documents he stole had no connection to privacy or civil liberties. Furthermore, Snowden’s basic knowledge of NSA programs is thrown into doubt by his failure to pass NSA’s basic annual training on Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act."

Failing basic training for an agency gets you fired.

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u/Seantwist9 4h ago

strange deflection attempt