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Source: Politico
By SARAH SMITH | 6/10/14 12:51 PM EDT
Former Vice President Al Gore said that while NSA leaker Edward Snowden broke the law, his transgressions revealed far worse violations of the U.S. constitution than any he committed.
He clearly violated the law, Gore said Tuesday at Tennessees Southland Technology + Southern Culture Conference when asked whether Snowden was a traitor or a hero. But what he revealed in the course of violating important laws included violations of the United States Constitution that were way more serious than the crimes that he committed, and so in the course of violating important laws, he also provided an important service.
Gore, whose comments were reported by the tech site PandoDaily that was a co-sponsor of the conference, said he would push [Snowden] more away from the traitor side. His views sharply differ from those of Secretary of State John Kerry, who called Snowden a coward and a traitor in late May in an interview with MSNBC.
The former vice president didnt hold back about his feelings on the National Security Agencys surveillance practices. This is a threat to democracy, to the heart of democracy, Gore said, fearing that people would self-censor under the threat of surveillance.
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