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Should Edward Snowden be pardoned?
Bombs in New York and New Jersey and stabbings in Minnesota are raising familiar issues about national security. They might well influence ongoing debate about Edward Snowden. Did he perform public service by leaking classified information about intrusive surveillance, or is he a traitor who made Americans more vulnerable?
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenPhoto: American Edward Snowden is seen on monitors as he delivers remarks via video link from Moscow to attendees at a discussion on an International Treaty on the Right to Privacy, Protection Against Improper Surveillance and Protection of Whistleblowers in Manhattan, New York September 24, 2015. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters)
