WATCH: Edward Snowden says Chelsea Manning performed ‘extraordinary act of public service’

[DonViejo]

Source: Agence France-Presse

WATCH: Edward Snowden says Chelsea Manning performed ‘extraordinary act of public service’

By Agence France-Presse

Wednesday, February 19, 2014 19:45 EST

Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden on Wednesday spoke out about the use of state secrecy privileges as he presented an Oxford University award to fellow intelligence leaker Chelsea Manning.

Snowden, who is in hiding in Russia, presented the prestigious British university’s Sam Adams awards for integrity and intelligence to the jailed former U.S. Army intelligence analyst via YouTube.

Snowden recorded a four-minute message, in which he warned of the dangers of “overclassification”.

He said the term described governments’ use of state secrecy privileges “to withhold information from the public that’s not related to national security”, adding it had become a “serious problem”.

Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/19/watch-edward-snowden-says-chelsea-manning-performed-extraordinary-act-of-public-service/

[Scuba]

1. They both did, and as a nation, we are indebted to each of them.

[KoKo]

2. Indeed, Scuba! "Truth to Power" it takes a long time to get that through

but for brief moments in History the "Truth Will Out." Then it's back to work again!

[840high]

3. k/r

[mindwalker_i]

4. Uh oh, you're going to wake them up again

"But he abandoned his girlfriend"
"But he didn't just say what the NSA did"
"But he stole from the government!"

Translation: He made our messiah look bad.

[backscatter712]

5. Give the HBGary personas time.

It takes hours to draw up a work order for a day of psy-ops, get the day's talking points through focus group testing, get various officials in the administration, the Pentagon, the CIA and NSA to sign off on the expenditures, and to get some people tasked to operate the persona-management software.

[mindwalker_i]

6. Chop chop,you guys!

You're probably right. But when they get it together, bullshit mountain will arrive.

[George II]

7. I think Snowden checks the "Latest Breaking News" section of DU every day....

....if he doesn't see his name after two or three days he issues a statement.

Happy guys?????

Snowden has some set - Manning is in jail for decades, Snowden is a fugitive living free in Russia.