Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel peace prize

[dixiegrrrrl]

Two Norwegian politicians say they have jointly nominated the former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel peace prize.

The Socialist Left party politicians Baard Vegar Solhjell, a former environment minister, and Snorre Valen said the public debate and policy changes in the wake of Snowden's whistleblowing had "contributed to a more stable and peaceful world order".
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/29/edward-snowden-nominated-nobel-peace-prize

[frazzled]

1. Along with 258 other nominees

Or at least there were 259 in 2013. There will probably be more this year.

[pscot]

2. WooHoo

is this a make up, I wonder?

[loyalsister]

3. Kind of ironic

According to the Norwegian committee, W was nominated too.

http://www.snopes.com/rumors/nobel.asp

[NCTraveler]

4. A little info on how one gets nominated.

Process of Nomination and Selection

The Norwegian Nobel Committee is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates. A nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize may be submitted by any persons who are qualified to nominate.

Qualified Nominators

According to the statutes of the Nobel Foundation, a nomination is considered valid if it is submitted by a person who falls within one of the following categories:

• Members of national assemblies and governments of states
• Members of international courts
• University rectors; professors of social sciences, history, philosophy, law and theology; directors of peace research institutes and foreign policy institutes
• Persons who have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Board members of organizations that have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
• Active and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee; (proposals by members of the Committee to be submitted no later than at the first meeting of the Committee after February 1)
• Former advisers to the Norwegian Nobel Committee )

Candidacy Criteria

The candidates eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize are those persons or organizations nominated by qualified individuals, see above. A nomination for yourself will not be taken into consideration.


http://www.nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/

[dixiegrrrrl]

6. Thank you for that.

I have always wondered how they were nominated.

[Fawke Em]

5. Countdown to the NSA apologists in three... two...

[xchrom]

7. du rec.

[struggle4progress]

8. He, Assange, and Manning are certainly in the running for

"largest number of diplomatic problems produced by a private citizen" but it's not at all clear that the Peace Prize committee will regard producing diplomatic problems as evidence of promoting "fraternity between nations"