Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Ron Paul: Edward Snowden's 'great service'


http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/ron-paul-edward-snowden-nsa-leak-92559.html?hp=r2

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it's true the nut doesn't fall far from the cuckoo's nest.
President Barack Obama should send Edward Snowden a “thank you letter” for bringing transparency to the administration, former Rep. Ron Paul says.
“Finally we’re getting the president to fulfill his promise about transparency so that’s pretty exciting to me,” he told CNN’s Piers Morgan on Monday night.
would he still be all giddy if they exposed his records?
Paul said Snowden has “done a great service for telling the truth” about the government surveillance program.
“When you have a dictatorship or an authoritarian government, truth becomes treasonous and this is what they do if you are a whistle blower or you’re trying to tell the American people our country is destroying our rule of law or destroying our constitution, they turn it on and they say oh, you’re committing treason,” Paul said.
my question why wasn't he trying to tell the American people when Bush started it, or Paul himself?
“When you have a dictatorship or an authoritarian government, truth becomes treasonous
true but where are those elements of dictatorship and authoritarian gov., he didn't get the email, his party loss.
“For somebody to tell the American people the truth is a heroic effort.”
Snowden reportedly donated a total of $500 to Paul’s 2012
there are no heroes on the right by virtue of Mr. Paul's statement, though he failed 500 bucks is 500 bucks.