Greenwald confirmed he has thousands of documents from Snowden in his possession, but so far no government agency has requested that he turn them over. “I don’t think that the US government thinks trying to pressure us or me out of continuing to publish these stories will do them any good, and so as far as I know, there hasn’t been any kind of pressure like that,” Greenwald said. The Guardian journalist explained why Snowden had to flee the US and seek political asylum in countries that can stand up to the US in the international arena. “Of course he has to go somewhere. There are very few places in the world willing to stand up to the United States and demand his rights under the law be protected,” the journalist said. “Obviously he isn’t going to Venezuela or Ecuador or Bolivia or Nicaragua or Russia or wherever he ends up because he thinks they’re bastions of civil liberties protections,” Greenwald added. “He’s going there because as Daniel Ellsberg said in a Washington Post Op-Ed, this country is no longer safe for whistle-blowers.” rt/news/snowden-leaks-guardian-greenwald-264/
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 16:25:57 +0000