Edward Snowden has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize

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By: Brian Fung, 01/29/2014

Edward Snowden photographed in a hotel room in Moscow, Russia December, 2013. (Photo by Barton Gellman for The Washington Post)

(Barton Gellman for The Washington Post)

Edward Snowden spent the last year revealing some of the government's most tightly held secrets, kicking off a massive debate about the proper role of America's intelligence services. Now, a pair of Norwegian politicians have nominated the NSA leaker for a Nobel Peace Prize. In their nomination letter, Baard Vegar Solhjell and Snorre Valen, who hail from the Socialist Left party, said Snowden's revelations "contributed to a more stable and peaceful world order."

 

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Take That Obama and NSA

drmoe's picture

Who's the criminal now? Bring on the lawsuits America. It's the only language these creeps understand.

Snowden Nobel Peace Prize !

ChristConscious's picture

If I was a member of the Nobel Committee (which will probably never happen), he'd get my vote! hehe angel