The figure may look a lot worse if you measure it by traffic instead of number of sites.

Even if you presume the absolute worst of the allegations against him are true, that's not what he's on trial for. This charges against him, the thing everybody in the world is and should be condemning, are exclusively about Wikileaks' best and earliest Iraq-era revelations.

had to go through.

With the courts striking down the NSA's mass surveillance programs and crediting the 2013 revelations,

And new laws having been written to curb abuse both at home and abroad,

As people around the country and members of Congress call for pardon,

How long should charges stand?

There’s a narrative out there that the ACLU is filled with ideologues, but my experience is of amazing people doing their best to expand equality and opportunity and liberty for everyone, irrespective of politics.

Toll. Snowden kriegt Recht. Bundesgericht in USA urteilt, Abhören von US-Bürger durch NSA war illegal. Geheimdienstchefs haben gelogen. ( Tagesschau.)Snowden muß aus Exil zurück in USA oder in Land seiner Wahl . Sofort. Und endlich Nobel-Preis kriegen.

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Government lawyers argued the phone dragnet was critical and lawful. Actually, it was illegal. And it wasn't critical. It wasn't even necessary to show probable cause, never mind guilt.

Imagine a pre- Snowden world where only the “conspiracy theory lunatic fringe” believed the US government spies on its own citizens.

Whistleblowers are patriots. Edward Snowden is an American hero.

Just a quick reminder that Edward Snowden alerted the American public to the existence of a widespread, unconstitutional surveillance network that was spying on all of us, and is a hero. To call him a traitor is to support the illegal wiretapping he blew the whistle on.

Imagine my surprise to find only the worst people in the country willing to speak against a pardon this time around. How far we've come!

It means we can see the bend in the arc of history.

revealed was the construction and foundations of the same surveillance and influence nightmare that is now coming of age, weaponised worldwide. We needed that knowledge. Let’s learn the lessons, reform surveillant infrastructure and influence.

No one will ever believe you.

, has been rushed to the hospital, with reports that poison is suspected. If confirmed, it is a crime against the whole of Russia. There can be no democracy without dissent.

Imagine a pre- Snowden world where only the “conspiracy theory lunatic fringe” believed the US government spies on its own citizens.

Whistleblowers are patriots. Edward Snowden is an American hero.

Just a quick reminder that Edward Snowden alerted the American public to the existence of a widespread, unconstitutional surveillance network that was spying on all of us, and is a hero. To call him a traitor is to support the illegal wiretapping he blew the whistle on.

Imagine my surprise to find only the worst people in the country willing to speak against a pardon this time around. How far we've come!