That didn’t take long at all:
White House petition to pardon Edward Snowden https://t.co/dLlsirLvQY#NSA #PRISM
— Mike (@mciarlo) June 9, 2013
I think this needs a few millions signatures
Pardon Edward Snowdenhttps://t.co/2fTtiHXLdf— credulous rube #11343439 (@ApacheFreedom) June 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/MGraybosch/status/343850640004505601
https://twitter.com/johnnybogosity/status/343826111513370625
Others think the petition might be a “cart before the horse” situation:
has Edward Snowden officially been accused/convicted of a crime? people are calling for his pardon already…
— Chad Etzel (@jazzychad) June 9, 2013
Snowden is probably the first person to inspire a petition to pardon them before they've even been arrested or charged with a crime.
— Coronavirussian Bot (@JackalopeGuy) June 9, 2013
a petition to pardon Eric Snowden shouldn't be a thing. He hasn't broken the law, the NSA and the Exec Branch have. #NSA
— MsLake Media (@MsLake1) June 9, 2013
At this time the petition is nowhere near the 100,000 signature threshold required for the White House to consider writing a dodgy response to it, but you never know. Stranger things have happened.
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