actually killing him would cause a martyr effect streisand one too. more people will want to know more. before chelsea manning did the same thing, the news dropped it in like a week or 2, because they dont want people to know anymore.
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Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
He did good. Would I have preferred he leaked the names and addresses of the people doing domestic surveillance? Sure. But he tried to take it to the press and then got the hell out of there.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 days ago
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
I’m not sure that the US left could even ever be motivated enough by a martyr to do a goddamn thing.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 3 days ago
Likely russia would do it. Why let him go back? His only purpose in russia is to remind russians that the US is a panopticon.
terradragon@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I think they mainly fear that if they pardoned him, it will create a knock on effect leading to even more whistleblowers. People who were on the fence about becoming whistleblowers would see that the repercussions aren’t that severe anymore and hence might take that step.
Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Spending a decade in exile is not a precedent people will follow.