The ACLU's own text contradicts its case for Snowden's asylum bid.

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20. The focus is on Snowden

is because of the false allegations of N.S.A breaking the law or in your words illegally spying on companies without proof of those allegations. The focus is on Snowden is because he is giving interviews, leaking confidential information. The focus is on Snowden is because he is asking countries for asylum and asking people to condemn the actions of the N.S.A. He made this a focus on him. You said, “It’s plain to see that anyone criticizing the current administration is fair game”. Well the same could be said that anyone that don’t like the current administration will go to such lengths to embarrass or bring down this administration. His views about whistleblowers changed from that of the Bush administration to the current administration.  With lack of evidence of any laws being broken, we have to speculate why all of a sudden this was wrong. Remember the Patriot Act was created under the Bush administration. It was the Bush administration that did not seek warrants. The secret FISA court has been in existence well before the Obama administration and all of a sudden they are notorious in rubber stamping warrants?  You want us to talk about the real issues of the collection of information. Well what are the issues? They are collecting the information legally.  You might think it’s immoral but so are a lot of things that happens on a day to day basis. That does not mean that we break laws in the name of what you based is immoral.