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  • Edward Snowden: Julian Assange Arrest a Blow to Press Freedom

    04/11/2019 6:06:25 AM PDT · by a little elbow grease · 53 replies
    cleveland.com/nation ^ | 4/11/19 | AP
    LONDON (AP) — Edward Snowden, the former security contractor who leaked classified information about U.S. surveillance programs, says the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a blow to media freedom. "Images of Ecuador's ambassador inviting the UK's secret police into the embassy to drag a publisher of--like it or not--award-winning journalism out of the building are going to end up in the history books," Snowden said in a tweet. "Assange's critics may cheer, but this is a dark moment for press freedom." Snowden was charged by the United States in 2013 of violating the country’s espionage act. He was...