‘Snowden’ film may build momentum for pardon

Oliver Stone’s film ‘Snowden’ may change US public opinion and garner support to pardon the whistleblower, who performed a public service in the public interest, says James Bamford.

The days leading up to the release of director Oliver Stone’s Snowden looked like one long movie trailer.

The American Civil Liberties Union and other human rights groups announced a campaign to win a presidential pardon for Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contract employee who leaked hundreds of thousands of its highly classified documents to journalists.