- Title: Edward Snowden among possible contenders for 2016 Nobel Peace Prize
- Date: 1st October 2016
- Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 14, 2016) (REUTERS) ANTHONY ROMERO, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION (ACLU) IN NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ACLU, ANTHONY ROMERO, SAYING: "Edward Snowden's case presents one for President Obama to use the presidential power of pardon proudly and unequivocally, in recognition of one of the most important acts of whistleblowing in modern history. By standing up for the privacy rights of his fellow citizens- individuals who had no idea that the government had assumed such extraordinary and invasive powers in secret - Edward Snowden should be thanked, and not punished." EDWARD SNOWDEN, FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CONTRACTOR, ON TELEVISION SCREEN VIA VIDEO LINK FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA MOSCOW, RUSSIA (SEPTEMBER 14, 2016) (Broadcasters: MUST COURTESY 'PARDON SNOWDEN CAMPAIGN' Digital: MUST COURTESY 'PARDON SNOWDEN CAMPAIGN') (SOUNDBITE) (English) FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY CONTRACTOR, EDWARD SNOWDEN, SAYING: "There is no public evidence that any individual has come to harm as a result and we know that there's no classified evidence that an individual has come to harm as a result, or we would have seen it years ago, it would have been on the front page of every newspaper around the world. I'm comfortable with the decisions I made. But I don't think it's up for me to decide the direction of the future of our society. I believe that that's a participatory multilateral decision and we should intentionally try to remove the outsize influence of a particular individual, and that includes myself, and that's why I do not myself ask for pardon and I never will. Thank you." NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 14, 2016) (REUTERS) SNOWDEN ON TELEVISION SCREEN VIA VIDEO LINK FROM MOSCOW, RUSSIA
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- Keywords: Edward Snowden Russia CIA NSA Hong Kong Obama USA Nobel peace prize
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