WATCH: Edward Snowden Says Chelsea Manning Performed ‘Extraordinary Act Of Public Service’

[Purveyor]

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”.

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

[onehandle]

1. Good thing Manning didn't go hide in Russia.

Chelsea wouldn't have been quite so accepted in Putin's political crimescape.

[JDPriestly]

2. Please remember, Snowden went to Russia only after the US withdrew his passport and

travel documents. Russia was the only place he could go. So far no other country has welcomed him. It will take time before the storm passes in the US, we get our ship of state set in balance again and welcome Snowden back ourselves. But either he will be welcomed back here without recriminations or we will cease to even pretend to be a democracy. Personally, I'd prefer the former result: that we come to understand how important Snowden's revelations are to getting our government back in check, openly recognize the role he has played in righting a number or wrongs by the NSA and welcome him home again.

[Laughing Mirror]

3. Integrity and intelligence

Qualities generally lacking within the National Security State. If they weren't, there wouldn't be one.

Congratulations Chelsea!

[idendoit]

4. Snowden is a mealy mouthed chiken shit.

Manning owned up to the stunning and graphic material she released. All I've ever seen from Snowden's "cache of 1.5 million documents" is a couple of power point presentations. And he ran away, giving real whistleblowers a bad name. He's a liar and so is Greenwald.

[raindaddy]

5. Astounding!

So what you're saying is Snowden personally owes "you" the probability of losing his freedom for thirty + years for revealing our Constitutional rights were jeopardized?

"Real" whistle blowers should gladly give up 35 years of their lives like Manning for alerting the public about the abuse of authority?
Sounds like you're equating being a glutton for punishment with heroism and those who don't live up to your personal standards are chicken shits..

[rep the dems]

6. Until he's here to make his case, saying that our Constitutional rights were "jeopardized"

is merely an assumption on your part. It must be nice to run away from the consequences of your actions and still call yourself a hero.

[raindaddy]

7. I'm not alone

Apparently there's a federal Judge and quite a few members of Congress who feel the same. Something provoked the President into calling for significant changes in the way that NSA collects American's phone records. Not bad for someone who's "running away" from the consequences his actions".

When did Snowden call himself a hero? I must've missed that.

[rep the dems]

10. His intentions are pretty obvious

He's an internet tough guy who once said people who do the sort of thing he did should be "shot in the balls." Now he develops a following for running away to a country whose corruption and abuses make America look like a paradise. He doesn't have to come right out and say it; the fact that he doesn't acknowledge how cowardly he is says more than enough.

[idendoit]

8. Manning is still holding up her sworn oath.

Snowden took that same oath, lied about keeping it and ran breaking it. I didn't write the oath, but Ive stuck by it many years. Is anyone suggesting not having any standards on who to trust and who not to?

[idendoit]

9. Truth to lies.

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2014/02/scahill-and-greenwald-inadvertently.html

Glen's poison pen, more power, more accurate, more deadly.

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/2014/02/greenwald-trots-out-sorry-parade-of.html

A man torn between his for love for justice and a sock puppet.

[KoKo]

11. This is a good watch! Thanks for posting it here.