'Snowden' director Stone urges Obama to issue pardon

A new film by anti-establishment director Oliver Stone starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden asks audiences to weigh in. Stone -- who has unveiled his espionage thriller biopic about the largest data leak in US history at the Toronto film festival -- called Saturday on US President Barack Obama to pardon Snowden before the end of his term. "Mr. Obama could pardon him and we hope so," Stone told reporters at the festival, the largest in North America and a launch pad f