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In reply to the discussion: Report Indicates Snowden/Greenwald Lied About Key Claims [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)He's said that under the Obama administration whistleblowers are serving 20+ year sentences in SuperMax prisons, or in danger of doing so.
That claim is false. Also known as lying.
The longest sentence to date for a whistleblower under the Obama administration is about to start. It's 30 months in minimum security.
There are zero whistleblowers in a SuperMax prison, and there are zero in danger of going to one for their whistleblowing. For example, Manning won't be sent to one, he'll be going to the military prison in Leavenworth, KS.
If Snowden returns to the US, and is tried and convicted, he'd go to a "regular" federal prison. Most likely minimum security just as every other civilian who has been convicted of leaking classified information was sent to minimum security in the last couple decades.