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January 18, 2017

Activists Continue Calling for Freedom for Leonard Peltier
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President Obama did not, however, pardon NSA whistleblower Edward
Snowden or Native American activist Leonard Peltier on Tuesday. Peltier
is a former member of the American Indian Movement who was convicted of
killing two FBI agents during a shootout on South Dakota's Pine Ridge
Indian Reservation in 1975. He has long maintained his innocence. Many
are calling on Obama to pardon Peltier, and activists have been
maintaining a daily vigil outside the White House since late November
demanding his freedom. We'll have more on the case of Leonard Peltier
later in the broadcast.


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