… now do Snowden!

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    15 hours ago

    That was never actually charged at trial and was dismissed by the court years later due to lack of evidence.

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      14 hours ago

      Yeah, the simpler explanation is that he was set up so they could put him away for longer. Since he got a life sentence, they didn’t need to pursue it further.

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            14 hours ago

            They’re just doing their jobs is an extremely slippery slope. As an example, I would never want to go to the military because a soldier’s job is killing people and they’re just doing their job.