Gabbard tries to explain Snowden support to skeptical intel leaders

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 Gabbard tries to explain Snowden support to skeptical intel leaders
by Rebecca Beitsch - 01/18/25 6:00 AM ET

Tulsi Gabbard is trying to explain her past support for Edward Snowden, including her push to pardon the national security leaker, to a tough crowd: members of the Senate Intelligence Committee considering her confirmation.

When she was still in the House, Gabbard introduced a resolution calling for all charges to be dropped against Snowden. And she urged President-elect Trump at the end of his first term to pardon people who “exposed the deception and criminality of those in the deep state,” in commenting on another post specifically mentioning Snowden.

That is not the type of rhetoric you hear on Snowden from members of Congress’s two intelligence committees.

“I don’t think Edward Snowden is a patriot by any means. He’s a traitor to his own nation,” said Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

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https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/5092295-gabbard-defends-snowden-position/

[Fishrrman]

OK folks.

Back when Edward Snowden first revealed what he knew about NSA and governmental intelligence gathering on ordinary citizens, how many of you called him a traitor?

Knowing what you know TODAY, do you still believe that to be so...?

I dare you to answer.

[Timber Rattler]

OK folks.

Back when Edward Snowden first revealed what he knew about NSA and governmental intelligence gathering on ordinary citizens, how many of you called him a traitor?

Knowing what you know TODAY, do you still believe that to be so...?

I dare you to answer.

He is a traitor.  He got people killed.  The fact that he high-tailed it to Russia and sought Putin's protection tells you all you need to know about that loser.