Tag Archives: Whistleblowing

Edward Snowden should have right to legal defence in US, says Hillary Clinton | The Guardian

The former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has said Edward Snowden should have the right to launch a legal and public defence of his decision to leak top-secret documents if he returns to the United States.

“If he wishes to return knowing he would be held accountable and also able to present a defence, that is his decision to make,” Clinton said in a video interview with the Guardian on Friday. Continue reading Edward Snowden should have right to legal defence in US, says Hillary Clinton | The Guardian

Robert Scheer: Hillary Clinton Flaunts Her Surveillance State Baggage | Truthdig

By Robert Scheer

Who is the true patriot, Hillary Clinton or Edward Snowden? The question comes up because Clinton has gone all out in attacking Snowden as a means of burnishing her hawkish credentials, eliciting Glenn Greenwald’s comment that she is “like a neocon, practically.” Continue reading Robert Scheer: Hillary Clinton Flaunts Her Surveillance State Baggage | Truthdig