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@Snowden

I used to work for the government. Now I work for the public. Director at .

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    21 hours ago

    Speak not because it is safe, but because it is right.

    581 replies 10,590 retweets 20,123 likes
  2. 8 minutes ago

    ICYMI on Friday: went to an Irish court to protect your rights, and went against them to undermine those very same rights.

    Today in court: Facebook seeks to challenge ACLU expert report on NSA mass surveillance and US privacy protections.
    27 replies 417 retweets 421 likes
  3. 47 minutes ago

    Don't be afraid. Be ready. There are more of us than them.

    185 replies 2,076 retweets 4,440 likes
  4. 48 minutes ago

    I don't know if the rumors are true. But I can tell you this: I am not afraid. There are things that must be said no matter the consequence.

    136 replies 1,482 retweets 3,593 likes
  5. 51 minutes ago

    Days ago, I criticized the Russian government's oppressive new "Big Brother" law. Now, threatening rumors. But I won't stop.

    This law harms both Russians and Russia. Rather than entering into force in 2018, it should be repealed or amended.
    98 replies 943 retweets 2,115 likes
  6. Jan 18

    Clinton's top CIA surrogate Mike Morrell has been urging Putin give Snowden to Trump as a "gift." Russia's response:

    168 replies 2,483 retweets 2,913 likes
  7. 22 hours ago

    I'm afraid you are famously confused. Those are all where captured spies were FREED. That's how it works. They are never traded into prison.

    You mean like The Illegals Program, or the Anna Chapman Gang, who got traded back because spies, etc? Cool story.
    196 replies 872 retweets 3,076 likes
  8. 23 hours ago

    Here’s what told me about the possibility of Putin handing him over as a good will gesture to the Trump administration.

    321 replies 6,655 retweets 9,891 likes
  9. 23 hours ago

    Finally: irrefutable evidence that I never cooperated with Russian intel. No country trades away spies, as the rest would fear they're next.

    BREAKING: Russia eyes sending Snowden to the US as a 'gift' to Trump, official tells
    2,075 replies 13,949 retweets 21,015 likes
  10. Feb 8

    Wow, missed this — DHS considering asking for people’s social media *passwords*

    233 replies 1,662 retweets 1,031 likes
  11. Feb 8

    for some background on yarovaya law's interference w expression, association, belief, see our comment last summer:

    I am not Russian, and so cannot vote. But even an outsider can see Yarovaya's violates not only rights, but reason itself.
    8 replies 143 retweets 300 likes
  12. Feb 8

    This law harms both Russians and Russia. Rather than entering into force in 2018, it should be repealed or amended.

    38 replies 295 retweets 618 likes
  13. Feb 8

    I am not Russian, and so cannot vote. But even an outsider can see Yarovaya's violates not only rights, but reason itself.

    72 replies 637 retweets 1,299 likes
  14. Feb 8

    Redirecting tax meant to connect distant regions to finance unnecessary spying is a kind of larceny. Stolen futures.

    48 replies 536 retweets 900 likes
  15. Feb 8

    “Journalism After Snowden” examines the changing power dynamics between reporters and government

    , , and 3 others
    16 replies 501 retweets 699 likes
  16. Feb 5

    This disturbing scene from shows how the executive would like to rule without interference from the judiciary

    38 replies 505 retweets 722 likes
  17. Feb 7

    This is the most dignified and devastating response yet seen to this administration's false claims against media:

    327 replies 5,662 retweets 7,798 likes
  18. Jan 31

    . Dear , there's a book called "The Assassination Complex" about the use of drones by Obama. Foreword by Snowden.

    26 replies 338 retweets 1,010 likes
  19. Jan 31

    On the front page of the newspaper.

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    292 replies 2,458 retweets 9,362 likes
  20. Jan 31

    The headline explicitly calls her an "American Girl," and they had comment from a US official. And her father was a US citizen.

    Uh. She's not American.
    139 replies 494 retweets 1,603 likes

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