This resurfaced yesterday. Just came across it now, and don’t see it reported here.
Mike Pompeo, Trump's pick for CIA director said (C-SPAN link below) that Edward Snowden should be executed. Obama has already said he will not pardon Snowden and other whistleblowers. Would Putin hand over Snowden to make nice to Trump?
This is a good discussion of the consequences of Pompeo’s selection, and covers other dangerous CT ideas Pompeo has. He wants to abandon the Iran nuclear deal, which would be a prelude to provoking a war with Iran.
Pompeo also put together a bundle of unsupported CT about Benghazi, insane enough that even Trey Gowdy wouldn’t touch it. This C-SPAN interview is about that, and is also where he says he wants Snowden executed.
www.c-span.org/...
I know there are some folks here who do not like Snowden. Please watch John Oliver’s attempt to get people to take domestic surveillance seriously, and his interview with Snowden last year. Interview starts at about 13:50. Really, it’s an excellent interview — watch it even if you do like Snowden. John Oliver comes up with an effective way to get the US public to care about and understand surveillance...
Note that a corollary to the concern of the NSA having the capability of domestic surveillance is...what could Trump or his pals do with this capability? Would the NSA have a way to refuse improper use?