Edward Snowden’s Tweets

After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our SONS. After two years of waiting and nearly ten years of exile, a little stability will make a difference for my family. I pray for privacy for them—and for us all.

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Edward Snowden

@Snowden

· Nov 1, 2020

After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our son. That's why, in this era of pandemics and closed borders, we're applying for dual US-Russian citizenship. twitter.com/lsjourneys/sta…

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“They who can treat secretly of the affairs of a nation have it absolutely under their authority; and as they plot against the enemy in time of war, so do they against the citizens in time of peace.” ― Baruch Spinoza

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Jameel Jaffer

@JameelJaffer

Think what you want about Snowden and Russia. He did an immense public service by exposing mass surveillance programs that multiple courts later found to be unconstitutional. The newspapers that happily collected prizes for their reporting on the abuses should say this clearly.

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ACLU

@ACLU

May 7, 2015

VICTORY! #NSA call tracking program revealed by #Snowden ruled illegal. We filed suit in 2013 aclu.org/cases/aclu-v-c

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Sep 24

For what reason do we aspire to maintain—or achieve—a nation of laws, if not to establish justice?

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Sep 23

The primary result of the classification system is not an increase in national security, but a decrease in transparency. Without meaningful transparency, there is no accountability, and without accountability, there is no learning.

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Sep 22

This is the unvarnished truth: the establishment of an institution charged with breaking the law within a nation of laws has mortally wounded its founding precept.

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Sep 21

“For some time I have been disturbed by the way CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and at times a policy-making arm of the Government. This has led to trouble." ― President Harry Truman, who created the CIA

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Colin Talks Crypto - CBBI.info

@ColinTCrypto

Sep 20

Brilliant article by

on the CIA— its formation, why it exists and what it has done.

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Edward Snowden

@Snowden

· Sep 20

“What’s happening in our country,” the President said, “is not normal.” If only that were true. edwardsnowden.substack.com/p/americas-ope

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Sep 20

“What’s happening in our country,” the President said, “is not normal.” If only that were true.

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Jul 26

Did you know that whistleblowers are sentenced to more time in prison than corrupt officials who trade secrets for sex⁠—more time than even actual spies? The government has made *telling* the truth a greater crime than *selling* it. #PardonRealityWinner

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREdward Snowden, the man who risked everything to expose the US government’s system of mass surveillance, reveals for the first tim...

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We are better than our tweets.

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“It is my wish that none of the letters written by me during my lifetime shall be published.” Hemingway—and so many others—in the days before every action and utterance was irrevocably appended to the Permanent Record.

us.macmillan.com

Permanent Record

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Each of us has a Creator. call your mother

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Jul 21

The gall of these people.

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Bastian Obermayer

@b_obermayer

Jul 21

Remember the #PanamaPapers

@ICIJorg

? For six years the source #JohnDoe stayed silent. Now them is speaking up - in an exclusive interview with

@f_obermaier

and me. Stay tuned… Friday, 11am CEST

@DerSpiegel

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