Whistleblowing


Tech and human rights leaders urge Obama to pardon Snowden

Two technology heavyweights lent their names to a campaign announced today in New York to ask President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden.

Steve Wozniak, Apple’s co-founder, and Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, have listed their names in support of a presidential pardon for the whistleblower, joining the likes of George Soros, as well as actors like Daniel Radcliffe and Susan Sarandon. The full list of supporters’ names can be seen on a new website, PardonSnowden.org.

The campaign— which calls on Obama to pardon Snowden while he’s still in office— is spearheaded by the ACLU, Human Rights Watch, and Amnesty International. Snowden himself appeared via video link from Russia, where he lives, at the press conference.