National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says it would “chill speech” and “erode the quality of our democracy” if he serves a long prison term in the U.S.
Snowden spoke by video at a New York news conference Wednesday. Advocates, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, are launching a public campaign to persuade President Barack Obama to pardon him.
Speaking from Moscow where he is in exile, Snowden said he performed a public service by giving thousands of classified documents to journalists in 2013.
He says whistleblowers are “democracy’s safeguard of last resort.”
White House spokesman Josh Earnest said Monday that the president believes Snowden should return to the U.S. to face charges. He said Obama’s position is that Snowden’s leaks harmed national security and put Americans at risk.
(AP)
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In the USA all elected officials, soldiers and security forces swear an oath to “… protect the US Constitution against all enemies domestic or foreign…” Domestic means any American acting to undermine or negate the US Constitution.
Snowden is an American patriot of the highest order and has exposed the totalitarian elements in the US Government who are clearly domestic enemies of the Constitution.
Snowden would be stupid to come back to the US where he wouldn’t be put into long term prison but get a bullet in his head the second he lands or even before that.
#1 Instead of mimicking naive words from leftists media, why don’t you yourself do a bit of research? If anything, Snowden and Assange should each be given medals of the highest caliber for disclosing the truth of the corruption in the government.
#3 Sorry, I misread your post. You’re 100% right.
Stay with your pals in Russia
Arye think before you speak/write. You bash everyone who doesn’t have the same opinion as you even though your usually wrong