Surprisingly, the report (which seems to be supported by left and right) does not forgive Snowden all his past sins and ask him to come home for some eggnog and carols by the fire.
Not surprisingly, it accuses him of being a serial liar, of passing secrets to our adversaries (in particular Russia), or stealing tons of documents completely unrelated to his stated cause of revealing spying programs and privacy concerns, and of starting his collection as a result of spats he had with his bosses months months prior to Gen Clapper's testimony which Snowden claimed was his instigating moment.
Lots of redaction in the full report, but the executive summary is clear on what the committee wants to get across. Sounds like they very much do not want Pres Obama to consider a pardon prior to leaving office.
https://www.yahoo.com/...arges-143645123.html
https://intelligence.house.gov/....aspx?DocumentID=743
Slowguy
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Not surprisingly, it accuses him of being a serial liar, of passing secrets to our adversaries (in particular Russia), or stealing tons of documents completely unrelated to his stated cause of revealing spying programs and privacy concerns, and of starting his collection as a result of spats he had with his bosses months months prior to Gen Clapper's testimony which Snowden claimed was his instigating moment.
Lots of redaction in the full report, but the executive summary is clear on what the committee wants to get across. Sounds like they very much do not want Pres Obama to consider a pardon prior to leaving office.
https://www.yahoo.com/...arges-143645123.html
https://intelligence.house.gov/....aspx?DocumentID=743
Slowguy
(insert pithy phrase here...)