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President Obama should pardon Edward Snowden DEAN TAKAHASHI @DEANTAK DECEMBER 24, 2016 6:30 AM Above: Edward Snowden appears virtually in a debate with Fareed Zakaria on April 26, 2016. Image Credit: Screenshot They say that the holidays make us feel charitable, and I hope that is the case. I believe that President Obama should pardon Edward Snowden, the man who blew the whistle on the National Security Agency’s global surveillance programs and revealed that the government was spying on all of us. Once Donald Trump comes into office, no such pardon will be possible. In fact, Trump has suggested Snowden should be  executed . Snowden can be viewed by patriotic Americans as a fellow patriot, a whistleblower, a dissident, or as a traitor. I see this as an easy one. He did us all a service, and, by and large, we are better off for it. We now know that we have to be more vigilant about protecting our data, our privacy, and our freedoms. He exposed ille...

After UN vote, Kerry suggests Israel's West Bank foray spawning 'terrorism' Published December 24, 2016   FoxNews.com Facebook   Twitter livefyre   Email   Print Secretary of State John Kerry is defending the Obama administration’s decision to effectively allow the United Nations to condemn Israel for attempting to build more settlements in the disputed West Bank, saying the “unprecedented” effort has spawned terrorism and violence that jeopardizes lasting peace in the region. The United States on Friday abstained from a U.N. Security Council vote to adopt a resolution condemning Israel’s settlement expansion, which allowed for the measure’s passage and resulted in the disapproval of incoming Republican President Donald Trump. “Things will be different after Jan. 20 ,”  Trump tweeted minutes after the vote. Kerry said Israel’s continued and stepped-up attempts to build more settlements, or communities, in the region, which include...