Pardon Me, Mr. President - From the Vault

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History, Education, News

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🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

Edward Snowden is back in the news. I know what you are thinking: shocker! As we move into the new year from the annus horribilis that was 2020, however, one of the main intelligence stories is will Snowden receive a presidential pardon. Come to think of it, does he even deserve one? Back in what now seems like the mists of time, 2013, Mark Stout sat down with one of the nation’s top national security lawyers, Mark Zaid, for a legal perspective on the then recent Snowden case. Like a smoky 8 year old single malt, this one lingers on the palate (which depending on your taste may be a good or a bad thing). At the very least, we provide some context on today’s headlines in the run down to Hogmanay. Wishing you and yours all the best.

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2:38.3	entitled A Legal Prospective on the Snowden case. For anyone that follows the news, which is suspect as most
2:45.9	bypassed listeners, you'll have seen that snowing is back in the headlines. Will
2:52.4	he be issued a pardon? As he has is he a
2:55.0	a hero, a whistle blower or is he something else?
2:57.5	Is he a whistle blower or is he something else?
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