Snowden went through Glenn Greenwald, who had the backing of the Guardian. Assange runs a rogue intelligence agency, which is a direct competitor like Project Veritas.
It wasn’t like he wanted to have to stay there. He was trying to get asylum in several other countries and then the state department flagged his passport.
Trump might pardon Assange still but he will never pardon Snowden is my guess.
They both deserve pardons but a Snowden pardon has so much more baggage attached to it since he actually got asylum in Russia.
That enemy organizations like the ACLU and even Polite Society in general support Snowden but not Assange makes me wonder about him.
Not enough to oppose a pardon, but enough to wonder why he has such broad support.
Snowden went through Glenn Greenwald, who had the backing of the Guardian. Assange runs a rogue intelligence agency, which is a direct competitor like Project Veritas.
Nah, they hate Assange because he dared leak stuff that made Clinton look bad. That's when the left turned on him. Simple as that.
Leaking stuff on Clinton is what defines WikiLeaks as a rogue operation instead of a good ally using their platform for antiracism and social justice.
Yeah, he was a darling of the left before he hurt Hillary with his #fakenews. It was eye-opening for me to see that happen in real time
Media would spin it as confirmation he was a russian agent as well.
It wasn’t like he wanted to have to stay there. He was trying to get asylum in several other countries and then the state department flagged his passport.