Donald Trump on Edward Snowden: Kill the ‘traitor’
Criminal Justice,Capital Punishment And Death Penalty,Edward Snowden,Whistleblower,Whistleblowers,National Security
Edward Snowden, the man at the heart of the NSA information leaks, is nothing but a “traitor” — and America ought to recreate history in dealing with him, real estate mogul Donald Trump said on a “Fox & Friends” interview.
In other words, execute him, Mr. Trump implied.
“I think Snowden is a terrible threat, I think he’s a terrible traitor, and you know what we used to do in the good old days when we were a strong country — you know what we used to do to traitors, right?” Trump said, Politico reported...
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