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Edward Snowden
@Snowden
I used to work for the government, but now I work for the public.
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    Edward Snowden
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    Dec 15, 2020
    When a crooked politician calls me traitor, ask yourself: who did I betray? The courts have ruled repeatedly that the programs I revealed were unlawful, and likely unconstitutional—a violation of your rights. If this is treason, what they call loyalty is a crime.
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    Edward Snowden
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    Jan 28, 2022
    Nobody has stronger opinions about Joe Rogan than people who have never listened to Joe Rogan.
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    Edward Snowden
    @Snowden
    Jan 28, 2023
    You want to fix policing? Remove their immunity so that they can be sued, and if you win, damages come out of the department's pension fund instead of from taxpayers. They'll clean house on their own. Quickly.
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    Edward Snowden
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    Jan 2, 2023
    Free Julian Assange.
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    Edward Snowden
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    Dec 3, 2020
    Mr. President, if you grant only one act of clemency during your time in office, please: free Julian Assange. You alone can save his life. @realDonaldTrump
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    Edward Snowden
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    Jan 29, 2023
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    Edward Snowden
    @Snowden
    Feb 13, 2023
    it's not aliens i wish it were aliens but it's not aliens it's just the ol' engineered panic, an attractive nuisance ensuring natsec reporters get assigned to investigate balloon bullshit rather than budgets or bombings (à la nordstream) until next time
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    Edward Snowden
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    Oct 4, 2021
    Facebook and Instagram go mysteriously offline and, for one shining day, the world becomes a healthier place. #facebookdown
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    Edward Snowden
    @Snowden
    Sep 2, 2020
    Seven years ago, as the news declared I was being charged as a criminal for speaking the truth, I never imagined that I would live to see our courts condemn the NSA's activities as unlawful and in the same ruling credit me for exposing them. And yet that day has arrived.
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    ACLU
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    Sep 2, 2020
    BREAKING: A federal appeals court just ruled that the NSA’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records was illegal. This ruling, which confirms what we have always known, is a victory for our privacy rights.
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    Edward Snowden
    @Snowden
    Dec 25, 2022
    He knows when you've been sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows this because your pattern-of-life can be inferred by looking at records of your phone's basic internet activity—called "metadata." This is the core of modern mass surveillance. He should be in jail.
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    Edward Snowden
    @Snowden
    Sep 17, 2024
    If it were iPhones that were leaving the factory with explosives inside, the media would be a hell of a lot faster to cotton on to what a horrific precedent has been set today. Nothing can justify this. It's a crime. A crime. And everyone in the world is less safe for it.
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    Edward Snowden
    @Snowden
    Jun 1, 2021
    I've been working from home since the Obama administration. 🤔
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    Edward Snowden
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    Jan 31, 2025
    It's quite simple, Senator: if you're more upset at the whistleblower than you are at the lawbreaking they revealed, you're not in a position to be questioning anybody's judgment.
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    Edward Snowden
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    Dec 1, 2022
    turns out kanye is not gonna be president