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March 26, 2014

Snowden: Curbs on Bulk Collection a "Turning Point" in Surveillance Debate 
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The bulk collection of phone records has been among the most
controversial of Edward Snowden's disclosures in the last nine months.
In a statement, Snowden called Obama's embrace of ending bulk
surveillance "a turning point," adding: "it marks the beginning of a new
effort to reclaim our rights from the NSA and restore the public's seat
at the table of government." Writing on his website The Intercept, Glenn
Greenwald, the journalist who revealed the bulk surveillance based on
Snowden's leaks, said: "The fact that the President is now compelled to
pose as an advocate for abolishing this program – the one he and his
supporters have spent 10 months hailing – is a potent vindication of
Edward Snowden's acts and the reporting he enabled."

 

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