Now that the US is under influence by Russia, what will happen to Whistleblower Edward Snowden?

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• A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I don’t think Russia will do anything about the situation, prompted or not. The USA and Russia are not allies per se; their relations are not - how to say - balanced, on the same level?

  I think Snowden being right where he is suits the Kreml very well.

  And I don’t see Trump asking for him either; how would he benefit from that?

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• AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I doubt Trump will do anything that could be perceived as encouraging more whistleblowers, at least while he’s in office.

  Best case—a Democrat wins the next election, Trump gives up on trying to stop it, and pardons Snowden on his way out.

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  • IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    and pardons Snowden on his way out

    Lol, imagine the villain wanting to cause chaos and inadvertently doing the right thing. While the protagonists stick to their “norms and traditions”, even if the norm are wrong. Ironic.

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    • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Just putting it out there that Snowden and the journalist he worked with, Glenn Greenwald, were and are both a lot more right wing than they seemed to a lot of folks on first glance.

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• HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably nothing, since Putin wants to encourage future defectors.

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• queermunist@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  🤡

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