In a star-studded vindication of Edward
Snowden, the Oscars gave the award for best documentary to Citizenfour, a
documentary about Snowden. Not only did the documentary win, but journalist and
collaborator Glenn Greenwald gave a positive speech about Snowden and the work
he did. This, of course, goes contrary to the statements made by our militarist
representative, Mike Pompeo, of the fourthKansas district. He has called Snowden a
traitor and accused him of treason. Pompeo—put this in your pipe and smoke it!!
From Huff
Post:
The Edward Snowden documentary "Citizenfour" won Best
Documentary at the Oscars on Sunday night. Director Laura Poitras accepted the
award with Glenn Greenwald and Lindsay Mills, Snowden's girlfriend, by her side.
"The
disclosures that Edward Snowden reveals don't only expose a threat to our
privacy but to our democracy itself," Poitras said in her acceptance
speech. "When the most important decisions being made, affecting all of
us, are made in secret, we lose our ability to check the powers that control.
Thank you to Edward Snowden, for his courage, and for the many other
whistleblowers. I share this with Glenn Greenwald and other journalists who are
exposing truth."
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