<story><title>&apos;Pardon Snowden,&apos; one tech exec tells Obama, report says</title><url>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57616044-38/pardon-snowden-one-tech-exec-tells-obama-report-says/?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=title</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>ilamont</author><text>This is a self-serving opportunity for Mark Pincus to look like the good guy, after years of acting like a tyrant when he was in charge of Zynga. I&amp;#x27;m not just talking about  pushing games designed to exploit users in various ways. Remember the incident where Pincus &amp;quot;demanded certain employees surrender some shares or be fired&amp;quot;? (1) He also laid off more than 500 people earlier this year,(2) managed problems by &amp;quot;address(ing) the symptoms rather than the root causes&amp;quot;(3) and padded his own nest while loyal investors who stuck with Zynga stock got roasted.(4)&lt;p&gt;Appearing in a photo opp with Obama and saying &amp;quot;free Snowden&amp;quot; is a low risk way for him to improve his image among his peers (rich Silicon Valley people) and the public.&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052970204621904577018373223480802&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;online.wsj.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;SB1000142405297020462190...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;2. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/gaming/2013/06/03/zynga-layoffs-mark-pincus/2385291/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.usatoday.com&amp;#x2F;story&amp;#x2F;tech&amp;#x2F;gaming&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;06&amp;#x2F;03&amp;#x2F;zynga-l...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;3. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fastcompany.com/3007544/where-are-they-now/mark-pincuss-clowns-are-still-haunting-zynga&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.fastcompany.com&amp;#x2F;3007544&amp;#x2F;where-are-they-now&amp;#x2F;mark-p...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;4. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2013/07/01/the-fall-of-mark-pincus-from-billionaire-to-zyngas-former-ceo/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.forbes.com&amp;#x2F;sites&amp;#x2F;ryanmac&amp;#x2F;2013&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;01&amp;#x2F;the-fall-of-m...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>&apos;Pardon Snowden,&apos; one tech exec tells Obama, report says</title><url>http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57616044-38/pardon-snowden-one-tech-exec-tells-obama-report-says/?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=title</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Draco6slayer</author><text>With all that&amp;#x27;s being said about the NSA, and how we should add self-restraint, with all that the government is admitting about the current state of the NSA being bad, why not?&lt;p&gt;If it&amp;#x27;s that clear that Snowden did the right thing, why not pardon him? I feel that not pardoning Snowden is roughly equivalent to making a statement that people should be in the dark about the government&amp;#x27;s spying programs, and that the government should be free to spy on its people, unchecked.</text></comment>