Edward Snowden is a hero: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak

[Ichingcarpenter]

HANNOVER, Germany: Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak made a startling revelation voicing his support for National Security Agency (NSA) contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden at an interactive session held at Europe's largest technology conference - Cebit 2014 - in Hannover in Germany.

"He is a hero to me, but he may be a traitor to other people and I understand the reasons for them to think that way. I believe that Snowden believed, like I do, that the US has a right to freedom. He had the guts to and courage to sacrifice his life for a principle," said Wozniak, at an interactive session moderated by Brent Goff, main news anchor for Deutsche Welle here on Thursday.


Wozniak, a strong believer in freedom and the spirit of the Constitution, felt Snowden should be allowed to return to his country. "He has been vindicated and there have been illegal judgements and the NSA, and by the way, we have other three letter agencies like the CIA and FBI, and they are probably doing similar things. They cover up those loopholes, and they are in violation with our Constitution," he said.


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Let's see Bill Gates or Steve Wozniak's
opinion?


I'll go with Steve.

[Scootaloo]

1. Well shit...

That definitely calls for a bigger bus!

[Enthusiast]

8. A triple decker.

[MADem]

2. That's a rather qualified endorsement. He's not drawing a line in the Apple sand, there...

He is a hero to me, but he may be a traitor to other people and I understand the
reasons for them to think that way.

[Cha]

4. That was understanding of him.. much more so than

those who can't get anyone else's way of thinking but their own.

[pnwmom]

6. He's a nuanced thinker, unlike many. n/t

[AverageJoe90]

3. I genuinely like Steve Wozniak, but I'm afraid he's wrong this time.

Snowden's no hero. He was a guy who basically sold out to our biggest rivals for God knows what.

[Cha]

5. At least he undertands how other people could not think like he does..

"He is a hero to me, but he may be a traitor to other people and I understand the
reasons for them to think that way."

[snot]

7. Good gawd. How can anyDU'er at this point claim to care about human rights and NOT thank Snowden???

Apparently some can.

AuthoritariansUnderground.com.

[Enthusiast]

9. No kidding.

How could anyone believe the NSA has not overstepped their mandate.

[Ichingcarpenter]

13. The President will watch to make sure they don't overstep

[Enthusiast]

15. I was looking for a "Rec" button.

[Ash_F]

16. Very accurate toon.

The NSA laughs at the office of the president.

[Ichingcarpenter]

17. Also Congress and the Courts

[burrowowl]

10. Go SW! You ROCK SW!

[joshcryer]

11. This goes without saying.

Privilege escalation on a NSA network is damn heroic.

I just wonder if it was LIHOP or not... certainly Snowden hasn't really revealed the details of the hack. I wish he would.

[U4ikLefty]

12. The great and powerful Woz has spoken

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. knr

[stonecutter357]

18. http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2010/03/17/did-the-manufacture-of-your-iphone-make-someone-sick/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/03/14/bill-gates-snowden_n_4964311.html
"I think he broke the law, so I certainly wouldn't characterize him as a hero," Gates said.

[indepat]

19. Poor Woz doesn't understand it's a.o.k. for big brother to violate our constitutional rights on a

wholesale basis whereas a citizen who divulges information big brother has "classified" to cover up his unconstitutional acts, no matter how infinitesimally foreign to national security, is guilty of a most serious crime punishable by stiff fines and long incarceration while those who commit the unconstitutional act are rewarded.