Picking Sides--Snowden, Obama and The Establishment

via Glenn Greenwald, here's a smart piece on the just-getting-started debate/discussion regarding Snowden and whistleblowing and whether we should start charging journalists w/ crimes. Worthwhile read:

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/johncassidy/2013/06/demonizing-edward-snowden-which-side-are-you-on.html#entry-more

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another must-read piece from Digby:
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com.br/2013/06/this-really-is-big-brother-leak-nobodys.html

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and one more from McClatchy--all three pieces important to understanding what's going on and what's at stake:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/06/20/194513/obamas-crackdown-views-leaks-as.html#.Ucj-m9jNlz3

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good piece from Jonathan Turley on the double-standard that exists in America for the governed and those who govern, here: http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/24/snowdens-russia-chase-reveals-double-standard-column-/2453817/

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from the Daily Kos, comic "Chagrin Falls" has nothing to hide; see here:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/06/27/1218692/-Chagrin-Falls-Gavin-has-nothing-to-hide-from-the-NSA?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29