The movie Snowden directed by Oliver Stone has made people aware of the campaign made by the ACLU, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International for President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden before he leaves office.
Many people including privacy advocates have staged a guerrilla demonstration in support of Snowden in Washington to express their gratitude for his efforts to expose increasingly invasive surveillance tactics. At the White House website, a petition was also created.
Among the supporters include Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Twitter's Jack Dorsey, Wikipedia's Jimmy Wales and the inventor of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee.
The former NSA contractor then whistleblower Snowden is charged with theft of state secrets. He faces at least 30 years in prison after being accused for violating the Espionage Act, a World War One-era law that doesn't distinguish between confidential material being given to foreign powers or to a journalist.
The campaign named Pardon Snowden has spurred the entire membership of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, 13 Republicans and 9 Democrats, all sending a letter to Obama urging to go against the pardon. They stated that "He is a criminal."
Jack Dorsey has interviewed Snowden through Periscope. It was also tweeted on Twitter from the Pardon Snowden account as seen below:
If you missed @Snowden's live Q&A with @jack, don't fret! You can watch it here: https://t.co/slh5mO1Bhi
— Pardon Snowden (@PardonSnowden) December 13, 2016
