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Edward Snowden: “The Balance of Power Is Beginning to Shift” Back to the People

The once-cynical whistleblower is now striking a more optimistic tone about what he sees as a rising “post-terror” America. By Barry Donegan Truth In Media (6/5/15)   In an op-ed published Thursday in The New York Times, whistleblower and former National Security Agency … Continue reading

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Snowden Files Supposedly ‘read by Russia and China': Five Tough Questions For UK Government

By Ewen MacAskill The Guardian (6/14/15) The Sunday Times produced what at first sight looked like a startling news story: Russia and China had gained access to the cache of top-secret documents leaked by former NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden. Not … Continue reading

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Glenn Greenwald: The Sunday Times’ Snowden Story — Journalism At Its Worst And Filled With Falsehoods

The Sunday Times today merely recycled the same evidence-free smears that have been used by government officials for years.  (Editor’s Note: Before you buy any part of the tall tales about Edward Snowden, consider the source: the very same intelligence agencies with a … Continue reading

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Thank You, Edward Snowden: Without You, Congress Would Not Have Ended the NSA’s Bulk Phone Data Collection

    By Jon Wiener  The Nation (6/3/15) When 67 senators voted June 2 to end NSA cellphone bulk data collection, and President Obama signed the law, they were saying—finally—that Edward Snowden was right. When he revealed the once-secret fact that … Continue reading

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Edward Snowden: NSA Domestic Surveillance Reform In The US Is Only The Beginning

 ‘When you monitor everyone, you understand nothing.’ By Alan Rusbridger, Janine Gibson & Ewen MacAskill The Guardian (5/22/15) Edward Snowden has hailed landmark shifts in Congress and the US courts on NSA surveillance but cautioned that much more needs to be done to restore the … Continue reading

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Why John Oliver Can’t Find Americans Who Know Edward Snowden’s Name

Propagandizing 70 percent of the population is not easy to do, and obviously requires active deceit or pervasive acquiescence by the country’s news media.  By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept (4/6/15) On his HBO program last night, John Oliver devoted 30 minutes to a discussion of … Continue reading

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Edward Snowden: Whistleblower ‘Did Complain To NSA’ Before Leaking Classified Government Documents

By Kashmira Ganher The Independent (4/8/14) Former US NSA contractor Edward Snowden has blasted allegations that he did not file a formal complaint to the agency before he disclosed thousands of classified government documents, it has been reported. In a … Continue reading

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Edward Snowden: US Government Spied on Human Rights Workers & Millions Of Innocent People

By Luke Harding Guardian UK (4/9/14)   The US has spied on the staff of prominent human rights organisations, Edward Snowden has told the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Europe’s top human rights body. Giving evidence via a videolink from … Continue reading

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The Back Story of How Edward Snowden Went From Loyal NSA Functionary to Whistleblowing Citizen

He was politically conservative, a gun owner, a geek - and the man behind the biggest intelligence leak in history. In this exclusive extract from his new book, Luke Harding looks at Edward Snowden’s journey from patriot to America’s most … Continue reading

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Edward Snowden Speaks for Himself in 30-Minute Interview

Whistleblower Edward Snowden Leaked The Documents About US Mass Surveillance. He spoke about his disclosures and his life to NDR investigative journalist Seipel in Moscow on January 26, 2014. 30-Minute Video: https://archive.org/details/snowden_interview_en

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Video Interview: Edward Snowden in His Own Words

Whistleblower Edward Snowden Leaked The Documents About US Mass Surveillance. He Spoke About His Disclosures And His Life To NDR Investigative Journalist Seipel in Moscow on January 26, 2014. 30-Minute Video: https://archive.org/details/snowden_interview_en  

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Finally, a Ruling That Recognizes Snowden as a Whistleblower

“Snowden’s whistleblowing gives us the possibility to roll back a key part of what has amounted to an executive coup against the U.S. Constitution.”           By David Kravets Wired (12/19/13)  Daniel Ellsberg had it right from … Continue reading

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