Jill Stein Pledges to Grant Edward Snowden a Full Pardon and Appoint Him to Her Cabinet

Mitt i allt elände med terrordåd i Nice, försök till statskupp i Turkiet, fortsatta flyktingströmmar, uppblossat våld i Sydsudan och en växande jakt på pokémons har Jill Stein krävt full upprättelse för Edward Snowden. Så här sa hon igår:

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- Snowden has done an incredible service to our country at great cost to himself for having to live away from his family, his friends, his job, his network, to basically live as an expatriate.

- I would say not only bring Snowden back, but bring him into my administration as a member of the Cabinet, because we need people who are part of our national security administration who are really, very patriotic. If we’re really going to protect American security, we also have to protect our Constitutional rights, and that includes our right to privacy.

I Sverige har några miljöpartister - bland annat partiets tidigare utrikespolitiska talesperson Valter Mutt - tidigare föreslagit att Snowden skall erbjudas asyl i Sverige, medan Gustav Fridolin har tagit avstånd från förslaget. Mutt har fråntagits rollen som utrikespolitisk talesperson i samma veva som  Carl Schlyter fråntogs rollen som ordförande i EU-nämnden.

Statskuppen verkar vara tillbakaslagen, men jakten på pokémons fortsätter.