Posted on 08/09/2013 8:47:29 PM PDT by cunning_fish
President Obama said Friday that he believes Edward Snowden – the whistleblower who revealed that the National Security Agency was collecting metadata and phone records of every American – was not a patriot for his leaking of classified documents.
Obama, speaking at his first news conference since April, was responding to a question from NBC’s Chuck Todd about Snowden. “No, I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot,” Obama said before reiterating that as a senator he called for a review of the Patriot Act.
“If in fact he believes that what he did was right, then, like every American citizen, he can come here, appear before the court with a lawyer and make his case,” Obama said. “If the concern was that this was the only way to get this information out to the public, I signed an executive order – well before Mr. Snowden leaked this information – that provided whistleblower protection to the intelligence community for the first time.” Obama did not mention that his administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than any other administration in history.
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‘I don’t think Mr. Snowden was a patriot’ until he proved it by exposing me.
Well, I guess Snowden and Obama have something in common then...
Wouldn’t know one if he saw one.
Why’s Barry referring to Snowden in the past tense? He’s still alive, isn’t he?
Maybe he’s a Russian patriot.
Snowden is a crazy young man who revealed the truth about the massive and intrusive spying on everyone in violation of the Fourth Amendment that the government has been hiding from the people.
He broke laws to do it.
Snowden is a lawbreaker if you wish, but I won’t call him a traitor.
Barack Obama with his Marxist-Leninist philosophy and radical associates is a more reputable candidate for the title of “traitor”.
Guess what buttwipe...more and more people don't give a crap what you think about anything!!!
Thanks. I don’t give a shit what Obama thinks. He is a GD moron that has a moonbat base from hell.
I don’t think Mr. Obama is a patriot.
I think Barry is looking really bad these days.
If Bush were President he would be Man of the Year.
Pray for America to Wake Up
More of a patriot than our effing foreign born ineligible white house poser is.
That’s okay.
Mr. Snowden doesn’t think President Bo Jangles is a patriot either.
Then Zip treats the Ft. Hood shooter as a patriot, including a private jail wing and helicopter.
I don’t think Benghazi Barry is a president.
I’m not convinced that Snowden did just transfer a whole lot of US intel to the Russians. In front of our faces.
With Obama’s blessing and assistance.
That's ok we KNOW you are not a patriot.
I really hope what Snowden removed without permission were files on this Pinocchio in chief.
Translation: He’s a patriot.
Why’s Barry referring to Snowden in the past tense? He’s still alive, isn’t he?
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