Talk of Assange pardon worries intelligence community

[applegrove]

BY JOE UCHILL at the Hill

http://thehill.com/policy/technology/348773-could-trump-pardon-assange

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A GOP lawmaker's suggestion that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be pardoned by President Trump is being eyed warily by people in the intelligence community.

While a pardon for Assange seems unlikely, Trump has offered praise for WikiLeaks and Assange's own efforts to question U.S. intelligence community's conclusion that Russia sought to influence last year's presidential election.

As such, the idea is being taken seriously in intelligence quarters.


“It would send a terrible message to the intelligence community,” said Robert Deitz, a former senior counselor to the director of the CIA and general counsel at the National Security Agency.



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[Thomas Hurt]

1. Can the POTUS pardon a non-citizen or someone who did not commit a crime in the US....

by that I mean was Assange present in the US when he committed whatever crime he would need to be pardoned for?

[applegrove]

2. I doubt it.

[drray23]

3. i believe there are charges pending against assange

we wanted him extradited here.

[customerserviceguy]

4. Trump has always shown contempt

for the intelligence community, this is no surprise to me.