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The Drip-Drip-Drip of NSA Revelations

There have been more revelations of National Security Agency spying on foreign leaders. Does Edward Snowden deserve prosecution or protection?

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By Warren Olney • Oct 22, 2013 • 51m Listen

There have been more revelations of National Security Agency spying on foreign leaders. The online contact lists of Americans have been scooped up by the millions, and it’s all from the files Edward Snowden took from the NSA before fleeing to Russia. American whistleblowers have presented him with an award. Does he deserve prosecution or protection?

Banner image: People use masks with pictures of former NSA contractor Edward Snowden masks during the testimonial of Glenn Greenwald, the American journalist who first published the documents leaked by Snowden, before a Brazilian Congressional committee on NSA's surveillance programs, in Brasilia August 6, 2013. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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