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Al Gore: NSA's Law-Breaking Worse Than Snowden's
The former vice president says the exiled whistleblower offered an 'important service.'
By Steven Nelson - USNews
June 10, 2014 | 1:45 p.m. EDT

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Former Vice President Al Gore reiterated Tuesday his belief that exiled whistleblower Edward Snowden exposed National Security Agency programs that are unconstitutional.

“What [Snowden] revealed in the course of violating important laws included violations of the United States Constitution that were way more serious than the crimes that he committed,” Gore said during an onstage appearance at the Southland Conference 2014 in Nashville, Tennessee.

“In the course of violating important laws he also provided an important service, OK, because we did need to know how far this has gone,” he said.

The remarks were first reported by PandoDaily, which uploaded footage of Gore’s commentary: http://pando.com/2014/06/10/gore-at-southland-snowden-revealed-far-bigger-violations-than-the-one-he-committed/

The former vice president also said Snowden is more of a hero than a traitor.

Gore’s position on surveillance isn’t new. In November, he told an audience at McGill University that Snowden “revealed evidence of what appears to be crimes against the Constitution of the United States.”

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