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Feinstein and Rogers: No Clemency For Snowden

Posted by timothy on from the state-vs-man-for-real dept.

Ars Technica reports, probably to no one's surprise, that U.S. elected officials are unlikely to start seeing Edward Snowden as a righteous whistleblower rather than a traitor to the U.S. government. From the article:"[Sunday], the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), and her House counterpart, Mike Rogers (R-MI), both emphasized there would be no mercy coming from Washington. 'He was trusted; he stripped our system; he had an opportunity—if what he was, was a whistle-blower—to pick up the phone and call the House Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee, and say I have some information,' Feinstein told CBS' Face The Nation. 'But that didn’t happen. He’s done this enormous disservice to our country, and I think the answer is no clemency.'"

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  1. Re:So what exactly are the phone numbers? by ebno-10db · · Score: 4, Funny

    1-800-JAIL4ME

  2. Re: Yeah, right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    everything that has happened in the world since January 21 1976 has been a lie intended to cover up the truth that aliens landed on earth and took over our goverment

  3. Re:Yeah, right... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ve haff vays of making you talk.

  4. Re:So what exactly are the phone numbers? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well I guess someone better call and inform them about the NSA surveillance.
    I'm sure they'd put a stop to it if only they only knew.