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Blush of Shame

Bruce Fein, Lon Snowden’s counsel in his son Edward Snowden’s case, has written a sharp open letter to President Obama which MSNBC has published [pdf]. The tone of the letter is disrespectful, just what constitutional law professor Obama obviously deserves. … Continue reading

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False Promises

On the eve of the Bradley Manning court martial verdict on charges including “aiding the enemy”, Huffington Post reports that the website Change.gov (“the office of the president-elect”) where the elect president of 2008, Barack Obama, had laid out his … Continue reading

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Gordon Humphrey, now Jimmy Carter

High profile public support for Edward Snowden is rare. After the Guardian had reported that former Republican Senator Gordon Humphrey had exchanged some friedly emails with NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel (only in its German version) knows that former … Continue reading

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The Hasty And Ill-conceived Decision to Award U.S. President Barack Obama

University of Umeå professor of Sociology Stefan Svallfors’ remark to the Nobel Peace Prize committee in Oslo today when justifying his nomination of Edward Snowden may be true. But will it be of any advantage? All three, Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks … Continue reading

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The Snowden-Greenwald Affair

Update below. While NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has got stuck in the transit area of a Moscow airport for the fourth week, the man who broke his story, Guardian’s blogger Glenn Greenwald, arranges for constant publicity about the material Snowden … Continue reading

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