Oliver Stone To Barack Obama: Pardon Edward Snowden Now

The documents leaked to the public revealed the NSA had been working with other American spy agencies, including the CIA, to spy on millions of Americans and billions of others around the globe.

New files leaked by Edward Snowden show the National Security Agency (NSA) secretly used a U.K. base to spy on international communications around the world. The transmission captured from foreign satellites and WiFi communications were used to plan and conduct secret black ops missions to capture and kill enemy operatives in countries that America is not at war with.

Stone doesn't really think Obama will pardon Snowden; he admitted it was a remote possibility, noting the president has prosecuted a number of whistleblowers, but he thinks it's the right thing to do, according to The Guardian.

"I grew up in a world where I never thought this could happen. But from 2001 on, it's very clear that something radical has changed. There's more to it that meets the eye and whatever they tell you, you've got to look beyond."

She pointed to legal agreements users are forced to sign when they join Facebook and other social media sites that call for users to give up their personal privacy, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"When you're signing up for Facebook, or any website, you're agreeing to a whole list of information that I don't read."

In contrast, Gordon-Levitt was more optimistic about social media and today's technology, saying the freedom enjoyed by Americans is very powerful. Any citizen in the U.S. can raise their voice and cry out to the masses if they see something going on that they dislike.

Also at the Toronto film festival was actress Brie Larson, who was promoting her movie, Free Fire. She will also star as the character Captain Marvel when that film is released in 2019; it's the first movie to feature a on-screen headlining female superhero in the franchise.

What do you think about Oliver Stone's request for President Barack Obama to forgive NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden? Should he be pardoned?

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