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Current POTUS has recently threatened a legally protected whistleblower with removal of protection, it wouldn't be crazy to call it a death threat. Previous POTUS wasn't any better disposed to Snowden. I'm not necessarily a fan, but I think it was a very rational choice on Snowden's part to choose "permanent exile and fear of assassination" over "trust the system."



Obama commuted the sentence of Chelsea Mannings. So may be there was a better scenario for Snowden? But we can only speculate at this point.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/17/us/politics/obama-commute...


It was a death threat. He literally said the whistleblower should be killed.


I don't think this word 'literally' means what you think it means.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jul/2/donald-trump...


To be fair I've only seen him on record alluding to the idea that he should be killed. Can you cite his literal statement?


Rolling Stone has a theory about his somewhat vague statement about "what we used to do in the old days."

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/oh-nothi...





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