Posted on 09/24/2014 7:53:47 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Edward Snowden was among the winners Wednesday of a Swedish human rights award, sometimes referred to as the "alternative Nobel," for his disclosures of top secret surveillance programs.
The decision to honor the former National Security Agency contractor with the Right Livelihood Award appeared to cause a diplomatic headache for Sweden's Foreign Ministry, which withdrew the prize jury's permission to use its media room for the announcement....
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The Nobel Peace Prize lost it’s credibility when Carter won in 2002 for his negotiation of the Non-Nuclear Proliferation Treaty with N Korea. Two weeks later we found out the N Koreans had the bomb.......SURPRISE, they had been lying.
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