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July 16, 2013

Swedish Professor Nominates Snowden for Nobel Peace Prize 
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National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been nominated
for the Nobel Peace Prize. In a letter to the prize committee, Swedish
sociology professor Stefan Svalifors cites Snowden's "heroic effort at
great personal cost," saying he has "helped to make the world a little
bit better and safer." Svalifors also suggests giving the award to
Snowden might make up for the "disrepute" incurred by the committee's
"ill-conceived" decision to give President Obama the award in 2009.

 

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