Former CIA Analyst Has High Praise For Snowden
Although the title of his talk was framed as a question, "Edward Snowden: Patriot or Villian?" — there really is no doubt that Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst turned political activist, considers Snowden a patriot.
In fact, McGovern said Snowden fits into a long tradition of patriots who have leaked documents, starting with Benjamin Franklin. McGovern said Franklin leaked the private letters of Thomas Hutchinson who, at the time, was the acting governor of the Massachusetts Colony.
For that, McGovern said, Franklin (like Snowden) was called a "liar, thief, outcast and ingrate."
McGovern, 74, spoke Monday at Drury University to about 100 students, staff and community members. His message was that Snowden had no other choice but to leak thousands of classified documents that show how the U.S. National Security Agency has been spying on governments worldwide, friend and foe alike, and has been gathering information on U.S. citizens.
"We are coming very close to incipient fascism," McGovern said.
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