Carl Bernstein praises Edward Snowden
Carl Bernstein on Monday credited Edward Snowden with sparking a needed public debate about the extent of the government’s secret surveillance programs and said there are “admirable aspects” about what the NSA leaker has done.
“We are seeing that there are admirable aspects to what he’s done,” Bernstein said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “What Snowden has done … is that he has finally caused a real debate in this country and abroad about the vacuum cleaning nature of our intelligence collection. It’s an overdue debate.”
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“Civil disobedience is just that. … Indeed that this form of civil disobedience, that he would have done better perhaps for himself and for his case, as we’re now seeing in this opera, to stay in the United States and say, ‘I did this for this reason,’” Bernstein said, noting that Snowden faced a real possibility of a long prison sentence. “It’s a tough call if you’re in his shoes. … He’s got to face the music, and he’s facing them in this odyssey.”
Bernstein also said that most of the programs that Snowden revealed were already known to the public. While Snowden disclosed more about them and put the U.S. in the “spotlight,” the takeaway was that the programs were appropriately run.
“The most important aspect is that so far, as far as we know, the program has not been abused and safeguards are in place domestically,” Bernstein said.
Yeah, I agree.
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I agree (see the rest in the previous comment).
Do you think Berstein wrote Politico's headline? Can you point to where he said "praises"?
Just one...
