A bang in the Snowden case: Trump is considering a step that Obama shied away from and makes an admission – Pledge Times

In front of representatives of the press, Donald Trump has announced the prospect of examining a pardon for whistleblower Edward Snowden but he does not seem to know much about the case.

Washington The consequences of his whistleblowing in 2013 continue to have an effect today: At that time, Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee, handed over documents to journalists about the escalating surveillance practices of the US secret service NSA. Snowden, des Treason accused im exile in Moscow. On his Escape he was stranded there and applied for asylum.

The reputation of the USA has suffered internationally: Only a few weeks ago the European Court of Justice conceded an agreement to transfer data from Europeans to the USA because the information there was not sufficiently protected for the second time. Well, of all things Donald Trump Get moving into the matter.

The topic Edward Snowden was in an interview recently Trumps with the newspaper New York Times came up. Trump had stated that many people believed that Edward Snowden had not been treated fairly.

Because Snowden is still polarizing: While some people continue to accuse him of betraying secrets, others see his actions as a service to society. He has even received several international awards for it. Trump himself admits, however, that he was not particularly concerned with the case but he may now want to change that.

Some people think he should be treated differently, others think he did very bad things, Trump said in typical fashion at the press conference. He had been approached by journalists about his position on Snowden. His first reaction was that he wasnt particularly familiar with the matter, but he promised, I willIll see that.

Edward Snowden was open on Friday Twitter responded to Trumps first interview by taking a poll one Youtube channel who posted a probably not particularly independent, but clear answer to the question about the pardon delivered: 92 percent of the participants would support one.

At the end of his tenure in 2017, Trumps predecessor already had Barack Obama the Whistleblower Chelsea Manning pardoned although he was rather strict with whistleblowers during the tenure. The Democrat showed no mercy for Snowden. The CDU reacted extremely to an asylum request by Snowden in Germany.

Meanwhile, the current US President is mourning a family member: Donald Trumps younger brother has died. (kat) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.)

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A bang in the Snowden case: Trump is considering a step that Obama shied away from and makes an admission - Pledge Times