Five important questions to ask about the news on Snowden before buying into propagandistic scare tactics that lack factual backing and credibility.

Snowden files ‘read by Russia and China’: five questions for UK government
The Guardian

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“The whole article does literally nothing other than quote anonymous British officials. It gives voice to banal but inflammatory accusations that are made about every whistleblower from Daniel Ellsberg to Chelsea Manning. It offers zero evidence or confirmation for any of its claims. The ‘journalists’ who wrote it neither questioned any of the official assertions nor even quoted anyone who denies them. It’s pure stenography of the worst kind: some government officials whispered these inflammatory claims in our ears and told us to print them, but not reveal who they are, and we’re obeying. Breaking!”

The Sunday Times’ Snowden Story is Journalism at its Worst — and Filled with Falsehoods
The Intercept

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Very interesting that these “revelations” would come right on the heels of Edward Snowden being recognized as instrumental to mass surveillance reform and protecting the constitutional rights of Americans, with many in power calling him a hero.

Let me be clear – Edward Snowden is a hero
The Guardian