Zynga’s Mark Pincus asked Obama to pardon NSA leaker Edward Snowden

Zynga chief Mark Pincus asked President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, the contractor who leaked details about the extensive warrantless surveillance conducted by National Security Agency, according to anonymous sources cited by CNN.

Pincus’ request reflects Silicon Valley’s sense of betrayal around the broad NSA spying program that Snowden revealed. The revelations have shocked Americans and created tense relations between the government and tech companies such as Google and Yahoo, whose vast data sources were evidently tapped by the NSA without permission. Cisco has said it could lose overseas customers due to the fears of further unauthorized surveillance.