Edward Snowden Vindicated

[Mystic Wanderer]

It appears Edward Snowden has been vindicated by the Ninth Circuit Court.  I bet no one saw this coming, right?

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday that the mass surveillance of Americans that former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden exposed seven years ago was unlawful and perhaps unconstitutional.

The ruling determined that the warrantless telephone tapping secretly collecting data from millions of Americans’ telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and exceeded the scope of Congress’ power.

“We conclude that the government may have violated the Fourth Amendment and did violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act when it collected the telephony metadata of millions of Americans,” the ruling reads in part.

Snowden is currently wanted on espionage charges and fled to Russia after disclosing to the public in 2013 that the United States government was conducting mass surveillance on Americans, according to Reuters.

Snowden says he never thought he'd live to see this day.

Neither did I.  

In a tweet Wednesday, Snowden said the ruling confirms what he knew seven years ago.

“Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn NSA’s activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit my for exposing them,” Snowden wrote. “And yet that day has arrived.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) called the ruling a “victory” in a tweet Wednesday.

Read more: Court Sides With Edward Snowden, Rules Mass Surveillance Of Americans Is Illegal


Matt Gaetz thinks the President should pardon Snowden. What do you think?

Rep. Matt Gaetz  @RepMattGaetz
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The case has never been stronger that Edward @Snowden
deserves a pardon from President   @realDonaldTrump
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I used to think Snowden was a hero, but then as I learned more through Q, I changed my mind. Now, it seems he's being deemed a hero again. 

What to think?  What to think?   They are messing with my mind!  

Q is always years ahead of what happens in the news. How did Q know almost a year ago that Snowden might be coming home in 2020?

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