Should @Snowden be pardoned? Let's examine the timeline. https://twitter.com/TulsiGabbard/status/1302451757369368576

2004: Enlists in army 5/7, discharged 9/28
2005: Hired as a security guard for classified facility
2006: Hired to CIA computer team
2007: Assigned to Microsoft Sharepoint tech support
2009: Resigns from CIA job because he was about to be fired

2009: Assigned to NSA regional ops center, Yokota AB|JP
2011: Returns to Maryland as lead technologist on Dell's CIA account.
2012: Sneaks personal full-tower PC into CIA to steal data 2012: Snowden begins to steal CIA documents regarding USG's surveillance programs (200k docs)

2012: Quits Dell Job, takes pay cut for Booz Allen
2013: Continues to steal documents (2m+)
2013: [3/12] Clapper appears before select committee, Ed claims this is when he first got the idea to steal and leak documents. I just assume Ed has amnesia about the previous thefts.

When I think about whistleblowers, rarely do I imagine one who took it upon themselves to collect documents from one agency and then jump ship to another one to do the exact same thing on the first day.

That isn't whistleblowing, that's espionage.