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Snowden: "This Isn't a War on Leaks, It's a War on Whistleblowers"

Amy Goodman
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Democracy Now!
03 May 2016

"The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government’s Secret Drone Warfare Program" is based on leaked government documents provided by a whistleblower. Snowden writes, "These disclosures about the Obama administration’s killing program reveal that there’s a part of the American character that is deeply concerned with the unrestrained, unchecked exercise of power. And there is no greater or clearer manifestation of unchecked power than assuming for oneself the authority to execute an individual outside of a battlefield context and without the involvement of any sort of judicial process." We speak with Scahill, who says the Obama administration has targeted Snowden for being a whistleblower, while allowing others to leak information that benefits it.

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