NSA Whistle-blower Edward Snowden has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize according to a report today in Politico < http://www.politico.com/... >. I personally see this as a step forward to the world recognizing the courage act that Edward Snowden did releasing the information about the PRISM project and revelation of NSA spying. the article says:
A Swedish sociology professor has nominated Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize, saying that awarding the former NSA employee would correct Nobel Committee’s mistake in giving the award to President Barack Obama in 2009.
Like him or hate him, everyone must agree that giving Obama a peace prize, in light of his stepping up the War in Afghanistan, was a bad choice. It also reminds us of all the worlds HOPEs that were pinned on the election of Obama, and how he has failed to deliver.
“Edward Snowden has - in a heroic effort at great personal cost - revealed the existence and extent of the surveillance, the U.S. government devotes electronic communications worldwide. By putting light on this monitoring program - conducted in contravention of national laws and international agreements - Edward Snowden has helped to make the world a little bit better and safer,” Svallfors wrote.
While I think that saying he made the world a safer place is over stating it, I do think that Edward Snowden fueled a long needed discussion of the civil liberties that we as Americans have given up in the Post-Parriot Act America.
“The decision to award the 2013 prize to Edward Snowden would - in addition to being well justified in itself - also help to save the Nobel Peace Prize from the disrepute that incurred by the hasty and ill-conceived decision to award U.S. President Barack Obama 2009 award,” Svallfors said.
I think this statement speaks for itself.
SNOWDEN APPLIES FOR TEMPORARY ASYLUM IN RUSSIA
According to a report in the BBC, < http://www.bbc.co.uk/... >, Edward Snowden has officially applied for asylum in Russia, which is probably a good idea because the US has basically stranded him there, with no real way to leave!