Edward Snowden to Receive Truth-Telling Prize

[Purveyor]

By NOAM COHENAPRIL 6, 2014

The Ridenhour prize for truth-telling will be given to Edward J. Snowden and Laura Poitras, the filmmaker and journalist who helped Mr. Snowden disclose his trove of documents on government surveillance.

The award, named for the Vietnam veteran who helped expose the My Lai massacre and later became an investigative journalist, is expected to be announced on Monday morning. It’s the latest honor for the reporting based on the top-secret material leaked by Mr. Snowden, who was a contractor for the National Security Agency.

While the public and Congress debate whether Mr. Snowden should be considered a hero, a criminal or both, journalism and public policy organizations have heaped praise on the reporting based on the disclosures.

In February, the Polk Award for National Security Reporting was given to four reporters for their work on the Snowden disclosures, Ms. Poitras, Glenn Greenwald and Ewen MacAskill, writing in The Guardian, and Barton Gellman, writing in The Washington Post. Last week, The Guardian was named newspaper of the year at the British Press Awards for its reporting on the surveillance. The Pulitzer Prizes will be announced on April 14.

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[grasswire]

1. thank you again, Edward Snowden. nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of

But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing. Thomas Paine

[polichick]

9. Thanks! "Truth will out." Shakespeare

[SoapBox]

3. Congrats...Comrade Eddie!

How's that being a Russian working out for ya? And how's the girlfriend that you shit on in Hawaii? Bet the family is still pleased that you crapped on them not to mention all those fellow co-workers that you screwed by weaseling their user info out of them!

Oh...you are a real gem, Traitor Eddie!

[nationalize the fed]

4. This guy is a gem too

a real company man.
Surely you have some kind words for him too.

Looks like this guy can lie to Congress and get away with it.

The New America! A land of personalities, F&ck the law.
If you don't like it you're a racist. Or a hater.

[Purveyor]

18. ^^this^^ eom

[Oakenshield]

7. Oh for fucks sake.

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Do you have any idea how ridiculous you look? And I thought all the prick-waving nationalism was chiefly a Republican trait.

[frylock]

12. it's mostly a conservative trait

[sabrina 1]

13. As Frylock said below, it is a Conservative trait. But after over a decade of emotional manipulation

attempts with Think Tank generated talking points 'for all occasions' finally it seems, the people are no longer so easily distracted. Despite all the efforts to smear Snowden and the journalists who took the challenge to tell the people the truth, the old manipulators are losing the battle.

Great to see these awards being given to people who deserve them.

[frylock]

8. WOLVERINES!!!

[hootinholler]

16. SENSIBLE WOODCHUCKS!!!1!11!

[sabrina 1]

10. Lol! I think all those talking points grew old quite a while ago. Truth trumps everything.

And the people have spoken already, pretty fast for cases like this actually, and don't seem to be overly concerned about the boxes in his garage or the ballerina. They appear to be way more interested in how their Constitutional Rights have been so egregiously abused over the past decade or so.

[Capt. Obvious]

17. 1Hr 20 min until the first "Comrade Eddie" sighting

You guys are slipping.

[AverageJoe90]

5. Sure, Eddie Snowden deserves a prize.....

just like Barack Obama is a Republican disguised as a progressive. Just like how I'm automatically "privileged" above all others just because I happen to be white. Just like how the IPCC isn't telling the truth about the severity of climate change, etc. BTW, in case yall couldn't figure it out:

Honestly, fuck you, Eddie Snowden. You proved to be nothing more than an embarrassment to actual whistleblowers the world over. Hope you enjoy your stay in Putin's Russia.....because you're going to be in a world of trouble if you come back Stateside. Ya fibertarian hypocrite.

[frylock]

11. i love how security state apologists deign to speak for whistleblowers..

despite, you know, actual whistleblowers siding with Snowden on this issue.

[sabrina 1]

14. Blame the US Govt for Snowden being forced to remain in Russia. They could return his

passport and let him go on his way, since removing it was an act of oppression being he has never been convicted of any crime.

When the US stops persecuting Whistle Blowers, THEY will no longer have to seek political asylum elsewhere.

But from now after witnessing the treatment of Whistle Blowers here in the US, I am sure Snowden is only one of many who will be seeking political asylum elsewhere when they have huge revelations of violations of our laws by government agencies.

[ucrdem]

6. Monica Lewinsky used to get these kind of random tributes too.

For courage under fire so to speak. Actually I forget what they were for but Ollie North got a lot of awards too. The VRWC loves to heap prizes on anyone who annoys the people they hate, and that's basically Democrats, POTUS topping their list.

[sabrina 1]

15. Lol, keep trying. Even the President disagrees with you now, and with his earlier assessment

of the seriousness of what was revealed. He is no longer trying to explain the egregious massive spying on the American people, he has now made a very important proposal to END the 'collection and storage of data' of all Americans, which you I believe tried to defend airc. Even the president now knows that it was never defendable. Kudos to him for coming to that conclusion.

And thank YOU Snowden for providing him with the information he needed to make that proposal.