To Sibel Edmonds, Feb. 1, 2014
Your latest diatribe aimed at the heroic Edward Snowden, “The Entire NSA Cache Exposed Once and For All” (Jan. 31, 2014), is a ridiculously absurd attempt to denigrate Snowden's exposure of the NSA threat, suggesting that his contribution amounts to nothing new.
I have admired your whistleblowing work for some time, but this latest effort, which has turned into a virtual campaign to smear the integrity of not only Snowden but also leading journalists like Glenn Greenwald (who you call a “Mega Charlatan”), baffles me for its vacuousness and viciousness. It certainly is not helpful in defending Snowden and Greenwald who, I am sure you know, are in the target sights of the most powerful imperial power on earth.
And I do not appreciate your invoking my name in your campaign, as if previous whistleblowers have been unjustly deprived of the glory taken selfishly by Snowden. You list Katherine Gunn, Russell Tice, William Binney and myself in the list of whistleblowers who have already revealed, in your apparent view, everything there is to know about NSA spying. You whine that Snowden “wants all the credit” for the revelations about NSA—have you even met him? Your tone has the quality of sour grapes.
I notice you omitted from that list Thomas Drake, the NSA whistleblower who recently went to Moscow to meet with Snowden and joined in the ceremony led by Ray McGoverrn, Jesselyn Radack and Coleen Rowley to confer on Snowden the Sam Adams award for Integrity in Intelligence. Are you saying those whistleblowers were mistaken in making the award? Your last diatribe, Dear Mr. Snowden, It’s Time to Come Out & Take a Stand Publicly as to Your Intentions (Dec. 15, 2013), would be laughable if it was not so pernicious: hasn't Snowden “come out” enough for you? He's made his intentions quite clear, so much so that Washington wants to throw him in a dungeon or even kill him.
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