The Hill
Russian President Vladimir Putin granted citizenship to Edward Snowden, the former national security agency contractor who leaked information about secret U.S. surveillance programs. Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react. #EdwardSnowden #Russia #Putin
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This n***a bout to get drafted
Snowden is a hero. He exposed the mind boggling corruption of the US Intelligence Agencies. Rat Fink Swamp Dwellers. He deserves a hero's welcome back to the USA.
"Illiberal" – BAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Robby's such a tool!
Briahna's calm and persuasive brilliance has brought me back to Rising. Resubscribing.
Uh why Robby is so simple. Russia bad, Putin bad. Why don't you say America is bad, American president is bad, what America is doing around the world IS monstrous actually! Russia is doing what it has to to defend itself.
Russia is "bad"? Why so necessarily? Is the US much less "bad"?
Good. Long live Russia and Snowden.
Putin just clowned all the hardons that can't get over the fact that Snowden exposed their criminal spying on U.S. citizens. Bless Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitrus for playing a part in Snowden's revelations.
Robbie, you are an idiot. Russia is not "BAD" Stop furthering the brainwashing in the west that Russia is just ultimately bad. You should be ashamed.
Face justice…??? Right….
ALL countries must be held accountable for WAR CRIMES. The practice now of classifying virtually all documents as government secrets (withheld from the public/media) amounts to tacit "legalization" of crimes against humanity.
As a check on power, the media is supposed to act as WATCHDOGS checking government actions. The buck stops with us — a "super power" setting the example for others.
Assange, Snowden, Chelsea Manning, and other whistleblowers shared evidence of government war crimes and abuse of power with media outlets. As is the usual practice, the media chooses whether or not to publish their source information. Except for Assange, has even one head editor of a legacy media outlet/newspaper been convicted for publishing classified information?
What is the role of media in the right to freedom?
Freedom of the media is the fundamental right of various forms of media—including print, radio, television, and online media—to operate freely in society without government control, restriction, or CENSORSHIP. "
— Commission on security and cooperation in Europe , U. S. Helsinki Commission
The person who said Snowden should face Justice, will he?
It’s monster is South Korea Israel they all do it they have to do two years of service that’s why they have one of the largest armies that’s their choice it’s not monstrous
So is the united states
0:11 he did not flee to russia. the usa timed the cancelation of his passport and he was stuck in russia.
1:32 he is very clear as to what he wants, a fair and open trial, and the usa refuses.
Government
PRIOR MILITARY EXPERIENCE???? have you done any research ????? Men with zero experience, pulled out of work to join the Russian army. Have a look at a few men talking o. Their phones, dragged onto the buses. Gheeeeesh ! What kind of researchers are you????
I've never heard a journo ask an official 'how did a contractor walk out of the NSA HQ with a usb stick full of downloaded data',
Another subtext: MSM/surveillance state count on us to have the memory of an average housefly.
International hero for usa haters 🎉🎉
Ohhh Robbie found his big boy voice, because “Russia bad” and the NATO gang-bangers are noble…
Telling the truth is not a crime. He is married now with kids!
Now your eligible to the frontline 🤣 the irony ..fight for your Mother Russia Comrade Snowden
Trump should have pardoned him.
Although Russia has subversive ulterior motives in doing this, it nevertheless serves to highlight the heroic self sacrifice Snowden made as a patriotic American.
So much misinformation on this!
Russia is not bad. You can't talk about US government crimes in the same breath and say Russia is bad. Russia gave him citizenship after 9 years of living there and applying for citizenship. Putin did not give him citizenship, the equivalent of State Department in Russia did.
He was right. Lying to the American people about your spying is wrong period. I don't remember us all the green that our communications could be monitored by the government anytime they wanted to and that's what they're doing. Anyone who believes those special courts needs to have their head examined the FBI admitted they had violated that 10,000 times it's a joke.
This is an amazing f you from Putin
The Biden’s should face Justice too
then he will join FSB, help Russian to invade Ukraine, what a shame
American intelligence is pure evil.
The reason why Iran, Russia, Korea and Cuba are detrimental to modern civilization; Anywhere else in the world a person trying to tell the truth would have been silenced
FREE ASSANGE!! HE IS A HERO!! USA NO DEMOCRACY!!