re: Would you pardon Edward Snowden? Chealsea Manning?

No way would I pardon Manning, public servants and the military particularly are held to a higher standard.

Snowden on the other handed gathered his data when he was a private citizen. However, I wish that Snowden had done things in America rather than going to China/Russia . With that in mind, I do not think I would pardon him, maybe try to set him up in a more friendly country that would not have to extradite(maybe UAE, Taiwan, Ukraine). If I felt that the next admin may go after him then potentially pardon his high crimes but not all. He must pay a price for his actions, and we cannot set a precedent that allows government intel agents to go rogue. I just think that he also should get some credit for exposing unconstitutional activity by the US government.