Editors of The New York Times, the nation’s most influential newspaper, have come out in favor of clemency for NSA contractor Edward Snowden. In an editorial called “Edward Snowden, Whistle-blower,” the editors write: “Considering the enormous value of the information he has revealed, and the abuses he has exposed, Mr. Snowden deserves better than a life of permanent exile, fear and flight. He may have committed a crime to do so, but he has done his country a great service.”