Shamai Leibowitz, Once Jailed Victim of Obama’s War on Whistleblowers: Snowden a ‘Man of Conscience’ [View all]

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Shamai Leibowitz, a former FBI translator who uncovered documents showing illegal and unconstitutional acts, went to the press and was prosecuted under the Espionage Act, published a blog post on Monday where he indicated his support for NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Snowden is charged with two violations of the Espionage Act—“unauthorized communication of national defense information” and “willful communication of classified communications intelligence information to an unauthorized person.”

Leibowitz writes in his post, “The government would do well to let this man of conscience go live his life in some other country, and apologize to the American public for lying to us, and turning the country into what Daniel Ellsberg calls the United Stasi of America.”

“This manhunt, accompanied by a smear campaign orchestrated by a well-oiled PR machine, is a grave mistake,” Leibowitz states.

http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2013/06/26/shamai-leibowitz-prosecuted-by-obama-under-the-espionage-act-calls-snowden-man-of-conscience/