The Deep State wants him dead. A pardon does nothing to remedy that. He's probably safer in solitary confinement than he is on the street. If he's released, he needs to be quickly whisked away to someplace safe. Either the White Hats fake his death and put him with everyone else they are protecting, or he goes to Russia. Someplace the CIA and God knows who else can't get to him.
The Deep State wants him dead. A pardon does nothing to remedy that. He's probably safer in solitary confinement than he is on the street. If he's released, he needs to be quickly whisked away to someplace safe. Either the White Hats fake his death and put him with everyone else they are protecting, or he goes to Russia. Someplace the CIA and God knows who else can't get to him.