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Edward Snowden – Verified account ‏@Snowden
Today's New York Times: Obama and Clinton are wrong: today's whistleblower protections are "worse than a dead end." http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/opinion/whistle-blower-beware.html …
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Whistle-Blower, Beware

We should amend the Espionage Act to allow for a public interest defense.

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4:30 AM - 26 May 2016
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Chris King
May 26
Chris King ‏@DocChrisKing
@Snowden I don't think it's going to get bette any time soon
Dominique Soenens
May 26
Dominique Soenens ‏@Dsoenens
@Snowden But in most European countries it's even worse.
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@Snowden Giving military top secrets to Russia and China while distracting the public with surveillance panic doesn't make u a whistleblower
Anas Mallick
May 26
Anas Mallick ‏@AnasMallick
@Snowden not sure if you'd be reading this but you have a Direct message :)
Youth In Revolt
May 26
Youth In Revolt ‏@YIR_music
@KristianHarstad @Snowden the nsa has nothing to do with the military moron
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden I'm not a moron: you have not understood. Snowden did not just publicise surveillance: he handed over 1.7 million (1/2)
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden files, a disproportionately large number of which concerned military top secrets nothing to do with surveillance....
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden eg military strategies, military equipment, anti terrorism plan details etc. He exposed intelligence assets and how
Eamonn Fitzgerald
May 26
Eamonn Fitzgerald ‏@eamonn
@Snowden Putin is right, no doubt. And Alexander Litvinenko suffered terribly at the hands of your 'minders': http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-19647226 …
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden terrorists are tracked which will most likely lead to people being killed. Many intelligence assets had to be moved
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden He is using popular surveillance panic as cover for action for spying for Russia
Youth In Revolt
May 26
Youth In Revolt ‏@YIR_music
@KristianHarstad @Snowden completely incorrect, all the files handed over had to do with the illegal use of surveillance such as
Youth In Revolt
May 26
Youth In Revolt ‏@YIR_music
@KristianHarstad @Snowden the usage of drones in killing people etc. Snowden wasn't a general in the army he doesn't have the top
Youth In Revolt
May 26
Youth In Revolt ‏@YIR_music
@KristianHarstad @Snowden military secrets he has secrets regarding surveillance & the laws and morals broken by our government in relation
Youth In Revolt
May 26
Youth In Revolt ‏@YIR_music
@KristianHarstad @Snowden you just proved you have no idea what you're talking about with that comment so I don't care to debate any further
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden You're wrong: only a tiny fraction of the files were handed over to the guardian and even fewer were made public.
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden Wrong: he was given very high security clearance because of his NSA role. You don't know what you're talking about.
Youth In Revolt
May 26
Youth In Revolt ‏@YIR_music
@KristianHarstad @Snowden Hahaha misinformed much?
Kristian Harstad
May 26
Kristian Harstad ‏@KristianHarstad
@YIR_music @Snowden You aren't aware of the many times Snowden had had to answer criticisms on precisely this basis.It's you who is clueless

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