Hillary Clinton Comments on Edward Snowden

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Hillary Clinton Comments on Edward Snowden
CREATED BY JENNAHECKER (C-SPAN)
ON OCTOBER 16, 2015

http://www.c-span.org/video/standalone/?c4555504

Video at link. Mrs. Clinton repeats her false claim that Edward Snowden could have been protected under the law. She also implied that he shared intelligence with China and Russia, an assertion for which there is no proof.


Edward Snowden: Clinton made 'false claim' about whistleblower protection
Tom McCarthy
The Guardian

Before Snowden spoke, Clinton repeated the claim on Friday, at a campaign appearance in New Hampshire. After a voter said Snowden was “close to a patriot,” BuzzFeed reported, Clinton disagreed and said he could have received whistleblower protections but instead chose to break the law.

“He broke the laws of the United States,” Clinton said at the debate on Tuesday. “He could have been a whistleblower. He could have gotten all of the protections of being a whistleblower. He could have raised all the issues that he has raised. And I think there would have been a positive response to that.”

Multiple passes at fact-checking Clinton’s claim this week have concluded that “the protections of being a whistleblower” do not exist in the real world and did not apply to Snowden. A 1989 whistleblower law, for example, does not apply to intelligence community employees. A separate law for would-be intelligence whistleblowers has been deemed a trap because it has led not to protections but to prosecutions.

She's entitled to her opinions regarding Snowden's actions, but she should apologize for continuing to say things that are simply untrue.

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1. HRC Is A Pawn Of the Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks That Pay For Her Campaign

What else do you expect a paid spokesperson to say when the whole MIC is under attack for the immoral acts of violence committed that do nothing more than make money.