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Clemency for edward snowden. this is an active case where charges have been brought. you read that quote from the president. >> yeah. >> he's now got some of his own reforms. i think it's clear he wouldn't have delivered that speech the other day if edward snowden had not leaked some of that information. >> well, this debate on what we should do has been going on, simmering, for years. it is true that after the snowden leaks, a lot more people are clued in. but there was a better way for snowden to do this. >> what was that better way? >> he could have complained. he claims he once brought thi...