Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden addresses attendees through video link at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon in 2019. File photo: AP Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden addresses attendees through video link at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon in 2019. File photo: AP
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden addresses attendees through video link at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon in 2019. File photo: AP

Edward Snowden

World /  United States & Canada

politico | Edward Snowden allies see opening amid Donald Trump clemency blitz

  • Donald Trump once called Edward Snowden a ‘traitor’ and a ‘spy who should be executed’
  • More recently, the US president has expressed a willingness to consider a pardon

Topic |   Edward Snowden
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Updated: 12:23pm, 25 Dec, 2020

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Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden addresses attendees through video link at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon in 2019. File photo: AP Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden addresses attendees through video link at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon in 2019. File photo: AP
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden addresses attendees through video link at the Web Summit technology conference in Lisbon in 2019. File photo: AP
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