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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSnowden's father: Congress trying to demonize son
NEW YORK (AP) The father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden is castigating lawmakers who voted this week to spare a government surveillance program his son exposed.
On NBC's "Today" show Friday, Lon Snowden said there's been a concerted effort by some members of Congress to "demonize" his son. He says lawmakers should be more focused on whether the NSA's collection of the phone records of millions of Americans is constitutional.
The House voted 217-205 Wednesday to spare the NSA surveillance program.
Snowden is believed to have been staying at the Moscow airport transit zone since last month. He has applied for temporary asylum.
Snowden says he has not had any recent direct contact with his son. But he says he's proud of him for sharing "the truth with the American people."
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Snowden's father: Congress trying to demonize son (Original Post)
The Straight Story
Jul 2013
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arely staircase
(12,482 posts)1. his son who defected to russia with a boat load of stolen US intel?
hate to see someone ruin the sterling reputation of a guy like that.
tammywammy
(26,582 posts)2. lol
snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)3. Of course Congress demonizes Edward Snowden.
What Lon Sowden is suggesting would require Congress to come
clean with its support of the internal spy programs and to consequently
reveal its part in eroding the 4th Amendment...it will never happen.