A petition calling for President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden has nearly 168,000 signatures. Obama’s advisor on homeland security and counterterrorism: “He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers” Nearly all of the surveillance reforms endorsed by the Obama administration were proposed after Snowden began leaking information about NSA surveillance programs in mid-2013. Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said earlier this month that the “possibility exists” that Department of Justice could cut a deal to allow Snowden to return.”]
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