Edward Snowden

It's quite simple, Senator: if you're more upset at the whistleblower than you are at the lawbreaking they revealed, you're not in a position to be questioning anybody's judgment.

.@TulsiGabbard was grilled at her confirmation hearing for refusing to call Edward Snowden a traitor. I think she's right. After researching how Snowden revealed America’s deceit about spying, I conclude that what he did was mostly heroic. You decide. Here's my FULL interview:

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In the most unhinged exchange from yesterday's hearing, @SenatorBennet demanded that Tulsi Gabbard denounce Snowden as a traitor and berated her for questioning Washington's consensus on the Ukraine war. @ggreenwald on Sen. Bennet's revealing meltdown:

"Her sin is that she told the truth about the government spying on Americans, and for that she is getting absolutely persecuted."

The reason reason these bipartisan Deep State loyalists on the Committee are demanding she call Snowden a traitor (even though he's not charged with treason) is he exposed the illegal domestic spying programs they all endorsed. He served the country and betrayed criminals:

Embarrassing that Democrats are leading the charge on smearing @Snowden, instead of pushing for his pardon. NSA mass phone surveillance ruled illegal, countless reforms enacted because of him. A court just ruled 702 surveillance violated the 4th Amendment last week!

I’m a longstanding critic of Gabbard but Edward Snowden isn’t a traitor and deserved a pardon and a return home to the US for exposing NSA crimes.

Credit to @TulsiGabbard for holding the line when pressed in several exchanges. Her previous written statement on FISA 702 was bad, but she seemed to be hedging more today—in a good way. It’s simple: If the government seeks to search Americans’ communications, GET A WARRANT.

The Senate Intel Committee spent nearly the entirety of its session today furiously demanding that DNI nominee Gabbard condemn me personally, a position now opposed by something like 94% of Americans. Courts have been ruling for ten years that NSA broke the law, guys. Move on.

pardon @Snowden & Assange

Senator Young read this tweet then said he agreed with Snowden that Tulsi should say this. I think that makes it clear everyone involved in these hearings, but especially the Senators, recognize its all performative theatrics meant for self-serving video clips

Exactly: Snowden could have sold that archive. He could have secretly passed it to America's enemies. He could have dumped it all on the internet. He did none of that: he brought it to American journalists and asked that only the parts in the public interest be reported.

The number one religion of the Washington Establishment is protecting the US Security State from all inquiry and criticism. They aren't angry that these agencies broke the law when spying on Americans. They're only angry at the person who exposed it:

Warner claims that Snowden "fled to Russia." No, the Obama admin cancelled his passport as he was seeking asylum elsewhere, forcing him to stay in Russia while in transit there. If Warner doesn't like that Snowden got stranded in Russia, he should take it up with the Obama admin.

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard: “Edward Snowden broke the law... But he also released information that exposed egregious, illegal, and unconstitutional programs that are happening within our government that led to serious reforms that Congress undertook.”

A Democrat Senator just tried to bait Tulsi Gabbard into condemning Edward Snowden, but she did NOT bite. Senator: "Do you still think Edward Snowden is brave?" Gabbard: "Edward Snowden broke the law... But he also released information that exposed egregious, illegal, and

This is the first issue Senate Democrats invoked to attack Tulsi, and it -- along with her opposition to warrantless eavesdropping on Americans -- are their two primary lines of opposition to her nomination. Says it all.

Edward SnowdenEspelho@Snowden·18 de nov.

Tulsi Gabbard will be required to disown all prior support for whistleblowers as a condition of confirmation today. I encourage her to do so. Tell them I harmed national security and the sweet, soft feelings of staff. In D.C., that's what passes for the pledge of allegiance.

I spoke at the NEAR Redacted conference in Bangkok, and they were kind enough to put the session online. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch

Edward SnowdenEspelho@Snowden·18 de nov.

I see my conversation earlier in the year with @bengoertzel at the @superai_conf is now online. You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch

Looking at the reaction to Israel's Unabomber-style booby trap campaign from people who actually live in the region, it has created a hundred times more enemies than Hezbollah could ever hope to recruit. Even from a military perspective, it is terribly shortsighted.

If you're not following @klipnewsorg, you're missing out voante.com/klipnewsorg/status/183645590800...

HRW on pager explosions: “Customary intl humanitarian law prohibits use of booby traps – objects civilians likely to be attracted to or associated w/ civilian daily use – precisely to avoid putting civilians at grave risk &produce devastating scenes unfolding across Lebanon

Lebanese eye surgeon tells @SkyNews many patients he’s treating following the pager explosions have ‘life-changing injuries’ and added:’it’s a massacre. Whoever did this is a criminal’

RT @MacaesBruno: Again, about one third of victims seem to be civilians

my moral standards differ from @submit2Master

We know for sure that at least 4 out of the 12 killed from the attack were civilians. It's a sign that MANY of the over 2800 injured are civilians. Horrifying; the sheer amount of violence caused in an instant. Ataa Mubarak Mohamed Noureddine Fatima Jaafar Mohamad Kanj

We repeat all kinds of dumb, not-true “history” right now. And I’m sitting here watching in real time as people create not-true mythologies for the people in power right at this very moment.

@Mushini4 @_MG_ @Laughing_Mantis yes it also looks more like low single digit grams to my eyes from seeing similar amounts going off it can be anything, but article claimed heat-induced detonation, its not likely nor reliable compared to every other method

@_MG_ @Laughing_Mantis meow am explosives eggspert petn is possible, but so is like dozens of other relatively easily synthesized explosives that fits it all petn could be set off by electrostatic shock (under right method, a spark most device can provide, theres a lot of publ…

I keep thinking about this Top Secret photo from the revelations of mass surveillance back in 2013, revealing how the NSA poisoned commercial shipments in transit (often at airports) to spy on the ultimate recipients. Ten years later, and shipment security never improved.

If it were iPhones that were leaving the factory with explosives inside, the media would be a hell of a lot faster to cotton on to what a horrific precedent has been set today. Nothing can justify this. It's a crime. A crime. And everyone in the world is less safe for it.

RT @VintageVault8: How would the world react if hundreds of explosions went off in unison in New York City, Washington, Paris, or London? E…

As we hear about the pagers in Lebanon that injured more than 2,700 people today, a reminder that one of the things that came out of the @Snowden leaks is that the NSA intercepts packages en route to customers to install malware and surveillance devices. thedesk.net/2014/05/cisco-slams-nsa-for-in...

@MariamBarghouti Clear violation of Geneva convention B) method or means cannot be directed at a specific military objective C) effects of which cannot be limited

How revealing to see BBC News' breathless admiration for Israel blowing up pagers across Lebanon, maiming people randomly on the streets and in shops. Had Hizbollah randomly blown up Israelis in this manner, the BBC would have greeted its action with utter horror.

BREAKING: According to Lebanese security sources the explosive devices that resulted in the injuries of thousands in Lebanon today (and in Syria) and the killing of at least nine, including children were; 🚨 imported 5 months ago. 🚨 implanted with up to 20 grams of explosive

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if Hamas, Hezbollah, or any group or person exploded electronic devices in Israel and killed children, it would be described by the entire Western media class as a horrific act of wanton evil sadistic terrorism. Israel does it and it's seen as an epic based move to be celebrated

Doing my first Reddit AMA for @FreedomofPress today at 2 ET! Come on over and ask any Qs you've got on government secrecy (from systemic problems to issues with particular agencies, you name it) and I'll do my best to answer them. www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1fj4hvi/im_...

This is not a “privacy breach”: injuring 2750+ people as they go about their daily lives is an unconscionable terrorist attack.

What Israel has just done is, via *any* method, reckless. They blew up countless numbers of people who were driving (meaning cars out of control), shopping (your children are in the stroller standing behind him in the checkout line), et cetera. Indistinguishable from terrorism.