• snownyte@kbin.social
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    10 months ago

    Should’ve done what Snowden did. If you know what you’re going to do, will lead to these consequences? Get the hell out of the country.

    Because this is EXACTLY the kind of thing the American Government would’ve done to Snowden if he stayed. Snowden was right that he knew they wouldn’t give him a fair trial.

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      10 months ago

      Eh, even if he did get a fair trial, what he did was clearly illegal and was definitely going to land him in prison. It was the right thing to do, but unless you have full faith that you’re going to get a presidential pardon, you’re right that you should be prepared to leave the country and never come back.

      • Radical Dog@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        Whistleblower laws need strengthening. Snowden’s leaks, for example, were clearly in the public interest and needed to be leaked. It’s an unjust country that can’t see that and spare him.