Full Interview: Edward Snowden On Trump, Privacy, And Threats To Democracy | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

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  • @msnbc
    @msnbc  2 ปีที่แล้ว +219

    Putin Grants Russian Citizenship To Edward Snowden. Watch Here: th-cam.com/video/84h4RnRaDWw/w-d-xo.html

    • @calisingh7978
      @calisingh7978 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Am sorry for Russian people for adding gov snake to their population.

    • @jennefercochran259
      @jennefercochran259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I THREW OUT MY TELEVISION BECAUSE THEY WERE WATCHING ME. AMERICA IS AN EVIL COUNTRY WHERE THERE NEVER WILL BE ANY FREEDOM..

    • @jennefercochran259
      @jennefercochran259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      POLICE ARE ALSO THIS ARM OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE ONE. PERCENTERS WHO OWN US ALL. IT WILL NEVER CHANGE BECAUSE AMERICA WILL NEVER TEACH THE TRUTH ABOUT AMERICA BECAUSE THEY WON'T TEACH THE TRUTH. OUR FREEDOM WILL NOT RETURN
      WE PASSED THE POINT OF NO RETURN 50 YEARS AGO. WE HAVE NO CONSTITUTION. IT'S THE 20/23 PROJECT WHICH IS SO FRIGHTENING. ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT TO DOMINATE THE WORLD FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WHICH IS THE LEAST FAVORITE OF MY NATIONS

    • @jennefercochran259
      @jennefercochran259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      MY KNOWLEDGE WAS STOLEN AND USED . I AM REDUCED TO PAIN

    • @jennefercochran259
      @jennefercochran259 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I AM NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED TO KOSHOGE. THE NEWS WAS HE HAD BEEN DISMEMBERED

  • @moto1p1
    @moto1p1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4620

    “When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals!”
    - Edward Snowden

    • @moto1p1
      @moto1p1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@luisramirez8108 Whhhhhhhhhhhhaatttttttt
      tt ffffffffffffffffffff?? !!!!

    • @pinkertonj1
      @pinkertonj1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      @Stephen Kalmar you are a communist liberal 👍

    • @pinkertonj1
      @pinkertonj1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +96

      @Stephen Kalmar I don't blindly follow the government like some sheep do.

    • @loleatha1078
      @loleatha1078 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Please prove he said this quote. Where is the proof who made the quote?

    • @bethanygee6939
      @bethanygee6939 3 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      @@loleatha1078 "Good job, LoLeatha. Don't believe everything you read on the internet."
      -Amelia Earhart, 1974

  • @user-zw5tp3qn4s
    @user-zw5tp3qn4s 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +467

    I liked the fact that the interviewer never interrupted his guest which is much appreciated.

    • @yangzixiang6605
      @yangzixiang6605 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      this is a QnA session, or an AMA, not an interview lol

    • @user-zw5tp3qn4s
      @user-zw5tp3qn4s 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@yangzixiang6605 omg first world problem right there. 🤦‍♂️

    • @stevenwilliams1805
      @stevenwilliams1805 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      A little bit surprising considering it's the laimstream news media.

    • @Jaellea83
      @Jaellea83 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Brian Williams is an artist and master of his craft!

    • @stevenwilliams1805
      @stevenwilliams1805 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Jaellea83 yeah I guess. Plus I just realized this is an old upload. The laimstream is unbearable today.

  • @socman3988
    @socman3988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +777

    I’m impressed on how intelligent and articulate this guy is! This guy answers the question with such integrity. This guy should not be prosecuted

    • @Someone-cr8cj
      @Someone-cr8cj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He is a mensa fellow

    • @renecurry6551
      @renecurry6551 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      👄Want more truth...listen to Malcolm Vance!!!

    • @JerDog1984
      @JerDog1984 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Watch the Snowden movie. The dude is a genius

    • @jomembawang
      @jomembawang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He is a genius lol.....there's a reason he was in the NSA and the CIA lol

    • @socman3988
      @socman3988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Leo Peridot you should take a look at your president!!

  • @TheJamiedickie
    @TheJamiedickie 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +345

    Honestly im not sure I've seen a smarter, more eloquent, thoughtful and conscientious person on the news ever.

    • @d3maccus
      @d3maccus 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      yea for real.....perfect diction/word-choice.

    • @growalnuts9880
      @growalnuts9880 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Gavin Seim is as eloquent and both are intelligent. Gavin was treated far worse than Snowden.

    • @JesusMagicPanties
      @JesusMagicPanties 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Honestly, he now has nothing but a lot of time to master eloquence, thoughtfulness and conscientiousness. As bitterly cynical as it may sound - he has the perfect conditions for this.

    • @sephiroth666zack
      @sephiroth666zack 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      this guy would have a brilliant carreer in the US doing anything public related, yet, he choose to be a hero, and look where it got him, reality is sad.

    • @BrianFergel
      @BrianFergel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@sephiroth666zack2023 was the year of the whistleblower, and 2024 is the big turnaround, August 2024. But we're running out of August. September 1st is supposed to bring JFK jr, so we'll see throughout this next couple weeks.

  • @greenvilleobserver9431
    @greenvilleobserver9431 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8773

    "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so."
    Thomas Jefferson, Slave owner/ breeder.

    • @ala4776
      @ala4776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Blah blah blah

    • @aresmars2003
      @aresmars2003 5 ปีที่แล้ว +142

      A nice quote, but an apparent misattributed, closest similar one to MLK.
      www.monticello.org/site/research-and-collections/if-law-unjustspurious-quotation
      The quotation bears a much closer resemblance to Martin Luther King, Jr.'s comment in his famous letter from Birmingham Jail: "One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws."

    • @vdrlng
      @vdrlng 5 ปีที่แล้ว +266

      @@aresmars2003 > Quotation: "If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." Sources checked: Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Digital Edition. Thomas Jefferson retirement papers.

    • @taralilarose1
      @taralilarose1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +184

      Excellent quote....."times they are a'changin'..... I was a whistelblower 23 years ago and my life was destroyed as a result. It's tragic and sadly no one cares.

    • @chownful
      @chownful 5 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      that's why i smoke heroin

  • @chad282
    @chad282 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3964

    I appreciate that Snowden wasn't interrupted during the interview.

    • @prontocreative2374
      @prontocreative2374 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      So true

    • @wille7319
      @wille7319 5 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      Indeed, an excellent interview. Don't see many of those these days.

    • @Connor0706
      @Connor0706 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      I’m very surprised with MSNBC leaning heavily left.

    • @cudiedgar
      @cudiedgar 5 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      true, usually interviewers are complete nutjobs and think that theire the one we want to listen

    • @angelocalzzadilla.4230
      @angelocalzzadilla.4230 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Connor0706 , you are right. There must be the filling of an awakening.

  • @hamfastgamwich
    @hamfastgamwich 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2616

    This man should be remembered throughout history and studied in ethics courses

    • @mindhunter8772
      @mindhunter8772 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Slow your roll buddy, Not "ethics courses"

    • @irene9263
      @irene9263 4 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      oh he will be

    • @AnimalloversAnimal
      @AnimalloversAnimal 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      He is working for the system.

    • @chelsieparrish9299
      @chelsieparrish9299 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@AnimalloversAnimal really??

    • @pyrusmasterdan1
      @pyrusmasterdan1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Right??? Why is he not in our history books!

  • @RaeannPeck
    @RaeannPeck 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    Watching yet again. I wish we could have him back here and officially call him a hero. I wish he could run for President of the U.S. It's been a while since we had anyone with this kind of honesty and integrity.

    • @pedroppaulo
      @pedroppaulo 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If he was elected US President, the surveillance system would quickly vaporise him like JFK.

    • @martinhardy6483
      @martinhardy6483 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      My thoughts entirely 👍

    • @AaronDaley117
      @AaronDaley117 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I don't think we've EVER had someone on his level in office. Except for maybe Thomas Massie.

    • @Singh.Randhawa
      @Singh.Randhawa 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      People like him will never make it up there
      For starters Biden , Trump or any other president is just a puppet
      Strings are pulled from the shadows
      So none of the good guys will get up there whatsoever
      You have to bend over for those who pull the Strings

    • @jennyfranklin514
      @jennyfranklin514 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I'm with ya. I wish I'd seen these Edward Snowden interviews BEFORE this past Presidential Vote. I would've written in 'Edward Snowden' for President.

  • @bicobielich665
    @bicobielich665 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5554

    this is a genius wasted by a country deep in corruption.

    • @vazza69
      @vazza69 5 ปีที่แล้ว +164

      He should be the president!! Smart and so good at speaking!

    • @Elsunseeker
      @Elsunseeker 5 ปีที่แล้ว +129

      Bravo Luca lol so is the president xD

    • @johngreene6783
      @johngreene6783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +194

      Bravo Luca He had the balls to do what many others should have done instead of looking the other way

    • @johngreene6783
      @johngreene6783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Inri Felix the president is more of a traitor by far

    • @jrcb9856
      @jrcb9856 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      He also leaked unredacted, detailed NATO intelligence information to Russia and China (oh the irony) which put lives at risk in the field. It wasn't journalism it was irresponsible.

  • @lyttlebee
    @lyttlebee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1553

    this is a serious guy, he answers every question with clear thinking logic. he's trustworthy.

    • @SpreadingLoveHereNow
      @SpreadingLoveHereNow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      He answers every question from a SCRIPT. He is an ACTOR.

    • @Macluny
      @Macluny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      @@SpreadingLoveHereNow is there any proof to this claim that he is an actor? seriously asking. trying to figure out whether you are a troll or not

    • @tizwarmo1435
      @tizwarmo1435 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Flin Grin troll

    • @Macluny
      @Macluny 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tizwarmo1435 yes that would be my guess.

    • @collybeans586
      @collybeans586 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@SpreadingLoveHereNow for trolls

  • @woodieedsel5417
    @woodieedsel5417 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1000

    This guy speaks with so much intelligence and integrity.

    • @DeadlyBooRose
      @DeadlyBooRose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Maybe he should become president.

    • @vicmorrison8128
      @vicmorrison8128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Thats why they fear him..he will upset the apple cart, that means loss of revenue on Wall Street.

    • @ramzy4458
      @ramzy4458 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      True, hes very articulate

    • @samy_bouzaglo
      @samy_bouzaglo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Woodie Edsel Such a shame that US elect clown politican who love bombing middle east and sending arms to various rebels in different countries than Edward Snowden who is the very definition of intelligence and the guy who supports peace and security

    • @Blahzay-m84
      @Blahzay-m84 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ..and all from a teleprompter

  • @embervine
    @embervine 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +120

    Snowden is a true patriot and servant of the American people.

  • @GlesgaBumble
    @GlesgaBumble 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1614

    Edward Snowden is a thoughtful, intelligent, honest man who is worth listening to. I wish him well.

    • @wilvictor
      @wilvictor 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He is Raymond Reddington without the body counts 😂😂😂😂 he's too smart for the government to handle and he know's too much

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Maria Gavienas
      I just bought his new book (as an audio book).
      Not only is it incredibly interesting but that way you could support him.

    • @rachelmacdonald723
      @rachelmacdonald723 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maria Gavienas you wish him well? How can he be well , he hasn’t seen natural sunlight in 15 yrs

    • @NLF123
      @NLF123 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@rachelmacdonald723 that's precisely why she wishes him well. Besides, where does the 15 years figure come from?

    • @andec6240
      @andec6240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Racheykins Macdonald he goes out side and walks around. He has a job and leads a life.

  • @ashbash6607
    @ashbash6607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +738

    One man stood up imagine what we could do if we unite

    • @ecojoe2214
      @ecojoe2214 4 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      So let us unite. I say it all the time. And so much so Instagram literally has blocked my comments on pages about police brutality, racial tensions and bipartisanship. Talk about unity, and justice, and get banned, or killed.

    • @NaomiDollxoxo
      @NaomiDollxoxo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Approximately 100 civilians to 1 Government employee. We pretty much allow ourselves to be controlled. Js

    • @thurmangirl10
      @thurmangirl10 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      💯💯💯🤛💪

    • @thebigcheese606
      @thebigcheese606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The media won't let it happen. They are happy to keep us apart.

    • @NaomiDollxoxo
      @NaomiDollxoxo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'll be fair. If you include all civil worker for gov as well that makes about 12-25% so even then with non government workers thats still 90/10- 75/25. There's a ton of us.

  • @lizzieliu1502
    @lizzieliu1502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +200

    This is my first time hearing Edward Snowden speak and I am blown away by his candor, wisdom, and eloquence.

    • @bingram2011
      @bingram2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Watch the documentary.

    • @MrJoehayter
      @MrJoehayter 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Script, watch his 👀

    • @MrZZsharka
      @MrZZsharka 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@MrJoehayterNa he had thought about this a thousand times and spoken on smaller platforms before this one.

    • @MrZZsharka
      @MrZZsharka 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He’s one of the smartest people on the planet. Got a job as their tech guy for the NSA in his twenties. He could live anywhere in the world and would have computer engineers paying him for advise on how to tighten their security systems.

    • @fernandaolivera5595
      @fernandaolivera5595 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wisdom? He psychoanalyzes a person he never met. "Donald Trump is someone who has never known love he didn't pay for". That's like me saying "Snowden is a narcissist who holds a fear of women that are taller than him". It's completely made up.

  • @dianemarie8873
    @dianemarie8873 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

    "What is legal is not always the same as what is moral."

    • @ethinb5179
      @ethinb5179 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Tell people this all the time. When they cant understand law. Everyone should know this.

  • @HectorMartinez-gy8kp
    @HectorMartinez-gy8kp 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1971

    When he first got arrested I thought he was a traitor, but after the story broke I came to believe he's a patriot who paid a large price for his country

    • @Theyareliarsandyoubelievedthem
      @Theyareliarsandyoubelievedthem 4 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      kudos. it's rare that people have the capacity to objectively reassess their own beliefs and change them, unfortunately.

    • @davidshallenberger392
      @davidshallenberger392 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I was a supporter but now he turns me off. If he's so brave let him spurn Russia.

    • @gerot201
      @gerot201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      more like double spy

    • @-._.-KRiS-._.-
      @-._.-KRiS-._.- 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @Gerald Colgrove Can you give reliable sources as to what he has been doing to help our enemies?

    • @randyweaver9579
      @randyweaver9579 4 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @@davidshallenberger392 You must be talking about Obama. He sold them uranium. I cant remember ever hearing Obama openly spurn Russia. He is also a slave to China. China owns the whole Obama administration.

  • @auntymammalia9384
    @auntymammalia9384 5 ปีที่แล้ว +416

    Truth is always better, even when you don't want to hear it.

    • @bryanbroome2173
      @bryanbroome2173 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hillary is a crook. That's the truth. Do you feel better?

    • @DaveSchultzXXL
      @DaveSchultzXXL 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      DEMOCRAT MSM agreeing with and promoting a traitor who helps Russia and gives Putin state secrets. The Irony is intense.

    • @barrycolley8079
      @barrycolley8079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      so we as a supposed constitutional democracy set up by individual men who fought a KING *(of England) or an Aristocrat Set System's of any country ruled by an Oligarch ; NOW say to one another , " MY CRIMINAL CHOICE IS BETTER THAN YOUR CRIMINAL CHOICE " ?
      FREEDOM MIGHT BE A MIND SET , BUT WHAT DO YOU EXPLAIN TO YOUR YOUNG CHILDREN AND YOUR FUTURE GRANDCHILDREN.
      HOW THEY WERE ENSLAVED. ?
      * Hear what he is saying . In a free society ALL persons , no matter their ethnic background, color of their skin, religious or non-religious affiliate, sexual orientation or non sexual orientation, and political affiliation or non-political affiliate are allowed to pursue a profession, have a business, earn a living to the ability they pursue it. A free Marketplace. what he is letting you know that Surveillance Capitalism, Captive Capitalism has captured your every dream , your every wish , to its future . NOT YOURS . Your owned as chattel .
      Perhaps a old English word , when white male's owned their wife , children , accounts , land , slaves , indentured servants , and the so called Destiny from god of the old bible's . Secrets revealed mean a new way to look at an old problem.
      our Bill of Rights, and the Constitution as stated only protect us from state and federal snooping. So we need a new Bill of Rights to protect us from corporate snooping , algorithms , and the insanity of economic, thought process , enslavement .

    • @barrycolley8079
      @barrycolley8079 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dave Schultz : all President's are a figurehead to rail against . who behind the screen , the masks control ... look way back to WARS profit in European history .
      " The Peace To End All Peace " .. "The Bible Of War " ..Stanfield Turner's book "Burn Before Reading" .. in the front of EVERY Old dictionary, is the intermarriages of all of the supposed ROYALISTS since the twelve hundreds.
      follow how they made money from endless war .

    • @Generalindifference
      @Generalindifference 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@bryanbroome2173 ha move on fella

  • @joshn1678
    @joshn1678 5 ปีที่แล้ว +865

    America did a massive disservice by labeling this man as a threat. He was looking out for all of us, risked his life and his family's life for our freedom and we've all let him down.
    He deserves to be labeled a hero, that's the only word I can think of, maybe one of the greatest patriots of our time.

    • @bignycom
      @bignycom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Sure,,, he just sold out Obama to Putin ... isn't a cool man ?

    • @Marginal391
      @Marginal391 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You haven't let him down 👇.
      Your government has...

    • @truestrength
      @truestrength 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@bignycom nope.

    • @mariannahopkins-everson3362
      @mariannahopkins-everson3362 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Do you feel the same about Chelsey Manning and Wikileaks?

    • @MajorHenryL.
      @MajorHenryL. 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Marianna Hopkins-Everson
      Excellent Excellent point

  • @Puddintang-d5h
    @Puddintang-d5h 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    I am in love with this guys mind

  • @Mujali1404
    @Mujali1404 5 ปีที่แล้ว +705

    This interview needs to be trending on TH-cam.

    • @jmmacb03
      @jmmacb03 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      It demonstrates how sick American society is... Where is his right to a trial? The law makes no sense as far as whistleblowers are concerned.

    • @alitahir4147
      @alitahir4147 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      And it's probably been seen more times in the USA comparative to Cricket in Pakistan. Google analytics state we are obsessed with cricket and dirty videos.

    • @tunnelrecords4548
      @tunnelrecords4548 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Syed Mujtaba Ali half a million views in 3 days isn’t bad

    • @VaalMaakri
      @VaalMaakri 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Drew G. it won't😡

    • @cinsolidarity
      @cinsolidarity 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The government tried to censor his new book. They'll likely also try to censor long, in-depth interviews like this

  • @makemusicwithmian1668
    @makemusicwithmian1668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    "what is legal is not always moral" and his statement hits me home, legality and morality are two different things in this world.

    • @tokouatonga7914
      @tokouatonga7914 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Absolutely beautiful!

    • @sandorebussolini
      @sandorebussolini 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Isn't that the truth. Abortion comes to mind.

    • @makemusicwithmian1668
      @makemusicwithmian1668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sandorebussolini it's very subjective truth because it's supposed to be aligned, legal system are designed to create a moral environment. But now it's not working, it's conflicting, and tre truth is because of that, how sad is this truth: imagining you were him, wanting to raise a flag to the U.S gov to fix whatever is needed, the flaws, and he has to do it illegally only to point out what's wrong. Guess what, his morality got kicked out of the US due to his "illegal act of data mining". Legal system and people who are in responsible for boosting morality in society did the worst thing and basically say "I can't do my job because legal doens't protect you, it protects people in power, there is no morality guaranteed."
      Then what are we seeking for in legal system? Justice? In Russia already.
      That's just sad, it looks like so, but it can't be the truth and people can't keep accepting it, by accepting the fact that his statement in pain made sense "what is legal is not always moral". We are not doing anything to support his braveness who fought for the US as a man of justice.

    • @makemusicwithmian1668
      @makemusicwithmian1668 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I love how unstoppable he is in showing people how to see things clearly without any hatred perceived, if anything. he would just be like "yeah that's what they do to sidetrack you off the real situation to make a big deal about me but that's what they do, back to the problem...." in response to the interviewer. He was purely just want to teach people how to see the truth, and how to speak it. I learned so much from him these days. Watch this if anyone has a chance. th-cam.com/video/efs3QRr8LWw/w-d-xo.html

    • @toobnoobify
      @toobnoobify 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@makemusicwithmian1668 _"legal system are designed to create a moral environment"_
      It absolutely is not, this is the excuse authoritarians use who want to create/enforce victimless crimes. Unless you want to argue that speeding is worse than adultery.

  • @albertnothnagel9141
    @albertnothnagel9141 5 ปีที่แล้ว +774

    It's sad when you're the bad guy for loving your country and revealing the truth.

    • @jacksith9779
      @jacksith9779 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Albert Nothnagel
      "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." -Malcolm X
      As true today was back then.

    • @babalonkie
      @babalonkie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Only when that Truth only tells you that your government are doing what your enemy is doing.... your not helping...

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@babalonkie Sooo - better staying in blissful ignorance of the facts, then? As Snowden stated - until 2013 the magnitude of gouvernment survilance was merely a conspiracy theory. Founded by clues, and held by not only tinfoil hat wearing loonies - but still just a conspiracy theory.
      And obviously revealing the extent of this survilance has led to changes.
      So I'd say he was indeed helping. Maybe not as much as one could have wished for, but that was not Snowdens fault.

    • @AD-qd6dm
      @AD-qd6dm 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Whistleblowers live in a lonely place; no good deed goes unpunished.

    • @thewhizkid3937
      @thewhizkid3937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Funny how backwards that is 👍🏿

  • @MissUSANIAN
    @MissUSANIAN 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Edward is an enlightened and extremely brilliant being, well above average and his answers are most judicious

  • @darryldougherty9553
    @darryldougherty9553 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1897

    In my eyes he’s a true hero. Most courage someone could have. Need to pardon

    • @tim72184
      @tim72184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      So says the bot.

    • @ivanchai6840
      @ivanchai6840 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@tim72184 Projecting much?

    • @zygmuntb
      @zygmuntb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      "Need to pardon" ?
      He doesn't need a pardon... The government should apologize to him and resign... step down...

    • @ielohim2423
      @ielohim2423 5 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Would never happen because the government doesn't want to encourage people to stand up to them

    • @Helena-qb2dt
      @Helena-qb2dt 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I vote him for President!!

  • @bitsandspurz048
    @bitsandspurz048 3 ปีที่แล้ว +778

    "The government should be afraid of the people. The people shouldn't be afraid of the government." This is a great quote. A truth.

    • @williamgordon2919
      @williamgordon2919 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      they are afraid of us, thats why their paranoia has them ever increasing state security, and control over our lives and what we can and cant do, can and cant say.

    • @uncannyvalley2350
      @uncannyvalley2350 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      America is not a democracy, never was. A Nation's future should never hinge on the proclivities of any single person, voters on both sides are exactly the same whenever someone challenges their beliefs, and both accuse anyone who doesn't agree with their assigned talking points of supporting the other party. Thus the supporters of both parties have hijacked and sold out the rest of humanity for the sake of their own egos and lack of imagination.
      And this is how they've controlled us from the dawn of the 20th Century, where they pit us against each other, seed the debate with misinformation, some populism, and some catchy epithets, and continue to go about their plunder unopposed. All representatives will always be subject to influence from moneyed interests, blackmail, or assassination.
      The solution is a *Velvet Revolution* to install a *Scaled Direct Democracy* without representatives or politicians. Citizen Initiated Referendums with thresholds and a Social Contract using Blockchain technology means communities can vote their own policies without politicians. With a vote for, against, and the option to redraft, or veto, with the relative proportional thresholds.
      *Thorium Energy renders their global oil monopoly obsolete.*
      *#VelvetRevolution*
      *#ScaledDirectDemocracy*
      *#ThoriumEnergy*
      Thorium energy can process both nuclear and toxic waste, as well as make salt water desalination and carbon sequestration economically viable. It can also power synthetic fuel manufacture, and electric power for all forms of transport. Thorium reactors cannot be weaponized, are walk away safe, produce grams of waste to the tonne of conventional plants, and are low level radioactive for 300 years vs highly radioactive for 25,000. A person's lifetime of energy from thorium would cost less than $100. It also produces the world's best known cancer treatment when 1/2 adult in the western world will contract it.
      "The thorium molten salt power plant can produce clean energy cheaper than coal, which could be a reliable energy system toward a low carbon economy" PAL said.
      www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-nuclearpower-idUSKCN1UD0D0
      If the profits from American labour were shared equally as they are with corporate shareholders, every household would receive $700k annually. If we got even a fraction of that we would have more than enough to fund education, healthcare and infrastructure for everybody. We must nationalise our natural resources, and legislate industrial Cooperatives.
      52% of all greenhouse gases come from methane produced by Beef farming, which is currently 90% subsidized. Ending Beef Communism and embracing Hemp and Kelp farming as Moonshot technologies for use in packaging, construction, manufacturing, medicines, insulation, and clothing could alleviate the worst of climate change, sequester carbon, revitalize crop land and restore depleted habitats.
      It would also be conducive to have an independent public authority drawing from volunteers to act as third party advocates for the public interest, with the authority to charge and prosecute bad actors and cops in our own courts. This would ensure both Government and Law Enforcement are held to the highest standards of etiquette, ethical conduct, and equality of outcome regardless of Creed Color, or Economic bracket.
      Finally a National Digital Forum that allows for open sourced debate is essential for fascilatating Direct Democracy, and addressing the issues America does not want to face, from systemic racism, to ethnic cleansing as foriegn policy. If these things can't be discussed with frank honesty, civil moderation, without religious protections, and without the generic knee jerk reactionary bs, there is literally no hope for the West, as we will die by our own prejudices and cowardice. And of course Reparations, as well as Indigenous Sovereignty, if we claim to stand for anything right and true, reparations have to be a part of that picture, and no one is better suited to protect our natural environment, than the people who were already here when we arrived.
      qz.com/1032154/america-is-not-a-true-democracy-but-it-could-be-with-the-help-of-technology/

    • @davidsummit9851
      @davidsummit9851 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please please. Offer silver as payment for goods and services

    • @TheMontyR
      @TheMontyR 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      The quote is actually, "when people fear the government, there is tyranny." "When the government fears the people, there is liberty." I agree that is a great quote.

    • @nicolemiller7022
      @nicolemiller7022 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@uncannyvalley2350 I read this in it's entirety, and this is exactly true and to the point. Sadly not all ppl will agree.

  • @tc2551
    @tc2551 3 ปีที่แล้ว +917

    American Hero. Stood up for all American people and gave up his freedom of living his life in America. God Bless this man 🙏

    • @ruigebeer
      @ruigebeer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Not even only America. The information he gave out is a lesson for the world. He willingly gave up his life to inform the world. I hope his name lives on for a long time

    • @justtellthetruth1134
      @justtellthetruth1134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Occam's Razor is in plain sight regarding Edward Snowden. He is 100% a plant by the corporate-owned government. He is a propaganda minister designed to make you rebel against the government and further creates a separation of the people. The proof is they are allowing him to broadcast his message. If it weren't so, the corporations who own our government, also own all the media, including youtube, and they wouldn't allow any of his broadcasts. Remember united we stand divided we fall and it is each of our responsibility to help reunite our country and only then will we be able to turn our country around. All of these videos are nothing more than corporate-controlled propaganda. Don't be fooled any longer!

    • @furrybear9416
      @furrybear9416 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Maybe but China will be the No1 super power soon, America lost alot of power after what he did. Personally I'd rather America was in charge of the world than China because my country is allied with America!

    • @serpentines6356
      @serpentines6356 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I don't know, I heard all about this when Bush was President. What Snowdon revealed was nothing new.

    • @Pyps0403
      @Pyps0403 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@justtellthetruth1134 omg 😂😂

  • @UnknownWarriorZz
    @UnknownWarriorZz 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Every American needs to hear this interview. Too many are blissfully ignorant.

  • @Clap4TheMoment
    @Clap4TheMoment 5 ปีที่แล้ว +547

    He did the right thing. Many people don't. He is a hero because he did the right thing when it mattered most. Thankyou Edward Snowden.

    • @billripley
      @billripley 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Not only did he speak out and tell the truth, the courts agreed and as a result, laws were changed. Try to find that discussed anywhere by the MSM.

    • @eclecticcerebro8287
      @eclecticcerebro8287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree.. What he did was VERY brave because he was at HIGH risk of "disappearing" or at the very least, a lifetime in prison, as a terrorist... Which is the worst kind of prisoner...

    • @shwhitebuffalowoman2147
      @shwhitebuffalowoman2147 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@eclecticcerebro8287 : Julian Assange

    • @cpuram8883
      @cpuram8883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even if he did the right thing he betrayed the government he will never be forgiven
      In Russia they would want to cut his head if he would have done it to them

    • @huwleonard9261
      @huwleonard9261 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      cpu ram . “ betrayed the government”? How? He only informed the general public that the government was breaking the law . Your government is the only traitor hear. And do you think that the present government is any better. Seriously...

  • @mallorybergerhofer4836
    @mallorybergerhofer4836 4 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    It’s ridiculously scary how much truth there is in this message

    • @lechsiz1642
      @lechsiz1642 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @shock toast i think he hates the answers more, because the injustice of them hurt

  • @traderoex1
    @traderoex1 5 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    Brian posed his questions then got out of the away.
    Stunning....Chilling.

    • @protestssopeacefulweneedad2017
      @protestssopeacefulweneedad2017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Notice the way Snowden giggles like a schoolboy whenever asked about the erosion of privacy, like he's actually glad it's happening. If he wasn't such an obvious shill he would be rotting in a Federal Prison somewhere, not enjoying asylum in Putin land.

    • @DabDabGoose
      @DabDabGoose 5 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@protestssopeacefulweneedad2017 He is laughing because of how sad it is. This guy Sacrificed everything to defend the constitution yet we have a president who is cozy with the Saudis the same people who funded the terrorists for 9/11, who is the real traitor?

    • @TheKornesczuk
      @TheKornesczuk 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@protestssopeacefulweneedad2017 "betsy" lmao

    • @jennypenny8419
      @jennypenny8419 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly!!! I noticed that from the beginning. I thought we’d “already” lost this ability in the U.S.

    • @NPC-zm1fp
      @NPC-zm1fp 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dab Dab Goose did you forget when Obama bowed to the Saudi prince?

  • @1henryfication
    @1henryfication 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    We need intelligent people and talent like him to be back home in the US and work for us to use his skills to defeat enemies.

  • @anranliu6454
    @anranliu6454 5 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    nothing else but respect. I do believe that every country need this kind of patriots :)

    • @vikramg346
      @vikramg346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      and a special international law that could save them

  • @TheeDizzler
    @TheeDizzler 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1704

    In my opinion, this is the kind of guy that deserves a pardon

    • @hungvo4584
      @hungvo4584 3 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      I agree, but for me he never a criminal

    • @ThinkerHaistTV
      @ThinkerHaistTV 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Trump is against big tech, but he's also against whistleblowers... Nobody likes a snitch.

    • @robwright5940
      @robwright5940 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Absolutely.

    • @HailieSelassII020
      @HailieSelassII020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This video aged pretty well lol.

    • @jimking4088
      @jimking4088 3 ปีที่แล้ว +103

      @@ThinkerHaistTV - - WhistleBlowers AREN'T snitches. They're Heroes.

  • @sirbrick7105
    @sirbrick7105 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2132

    This man gave up everything to tell the America people the truth. Our Founding Fathers would be proud and we should be too.

    • @jimkelly4286
      @jimkelly4286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      No, he gave up everything to tell foreign countries. He was not a patriot. He was a saboteur.

    • @RikodiusRex
      @RikodiusRex 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      He gave up everything including being an American, sold out to the press and defected to Russia, turned off the NSAs firewall and opened us up for the Russian coup of 2016. He isnt allowed back here. Ever. This isnt an American.

    • @varnishyourboard
      @varnishyourboard 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      An absolute true American Patriot. He reminds us why American exceptionalism used to be a thing.

    • @jimkelly4286
      @jimkelly4286 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@randallECTRIC Snowden turned over 900,000 DOD files and immediately flew to Hong Kong to meet with Chinese and Russian authorities. They now possess those files which have nothing to do with personal data. Snowden has been a dissenter from the start. He is a high school dropout, college drop out, military drop out, and American drop out. He is a spy, saboteur, mole, enemy of the state. He is the most notorious spy ever to infiltrate American soil.

    • @PhoenixDownSoCal
      @PhoenixDownSoCal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      @@jimkelly4286 Delusional. Man is literally telling you that your rights are being taken away and you are a O.K. with it. If this was the 1770's you would be labeled as a Loyalist, not a patriot.

  • @mayakahahe3723
    @mayakahahe3723 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I can listen this bloke talk all day. He’s a warrior for the people!

  • @Fixingtodraw
    @Fixingtodraw ปีที่แล้ว +427

    “Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
    -Mark Twain

    • @questioneverythingHaid-gb4dc
      @questioneverythingHaid-gb4dc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

      "A true patriot will defend his country from its government." ~ Thomas Jefferson
      We are today a fascist nation under the democrats as Reagan predicted fifty years ago.
      “1984” is also here just about 50 years late.
      Defend the Constitution, Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
      JamesTown

    • @dihydrogenmonoxid1337
      @dihydrogenmonoxid1337 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      “Loyalty to the working class ALWAYS. Loyalty to country, when it deserves it. Loyalty to government, never.”
      -Me

    • @pismorichy
      @pismorichy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Perfect

    • @CALL_LID
      @CALL_LID 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      (“Insert quote here”) 😂 now where are my likes?

    • @susannasulo3011
      @susannasulo3011 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Tell that to Obama

  • @johnvandev7186
    @johnvandev7186 3 ปีที่แล้ว +720

    When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals

    • @marcuslambert2162
      @marcuslambert2162 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      that is the fact we are being ruled by criminals & democratic domestic terrorist .

    • @stormysampson1257
      @stormysampson1257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@marcuslambert2162 Democracy is defined as"Mob Rule" for a reason! And we are talking about terrorists that are our leaders. 9/11? Pearl Harbor? Covid? Oklahoma Building? Such an insane time of life.

    • @jamesprashuk7724
      @jamesprashuk7724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@stormysampson1257 They are NOT leaders. They are elected officials(getting rich and not representing we the people)

    • @VinhBoss92
      @VinhBoss92 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      America is feeding a Chinese murderer, communists are making money from usa , barbarians are dressed in royalties, and are using usa own money to build up army to fight back to America later.
      th-cam.com/video/G8bchaNakXI/w-d-xo.html

    • @stormysampson1257
      @stormysampson1257 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jamesprashuk7724 They arranged to win their spots. This voting is as corrupted. Look up Adrenachrome, James. I think that is how it is spelled.

  • @MaCherie92
    @MaCherie92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +251

    I'm impressed by this man. He speaks so eloquently, explains even the most difficult notions in layman terms. Thank you, Ed.

    • @Jas_Flash92
      @Jas_Flash92 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      MaCherie92 copied and leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 when he was a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee and subcontractor. His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments, and prompted a cultural discussion about national security and individual privacy.

    • @Jas_Flash92
      @Jas_Flash92 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He hacked into the government. Stop feeling bad for him. He’s lucky he’s even still alive to this very day lol. He’s a dangerous hacker and y’all wanna feel bad for him? Or think your impressed? By what? Hahahaha what he did was that he made a huge mistake. And none of you even know that. You are completely lost too just like everyone else on here trying to think he’s some good guy, when he’s not. and his asylum gonna end in 2020. he will never ever get a fair trial.

    • @kl0ness
      @kl0ness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@Jas_Flash92 U mad bro? He fights for human rights in this corrupt world.

    • @foxonrunspotoneverywhere795
      @foxonrunspotoneverywhere795 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Joseph Santiago
      WHY IS HE STILL ALIVE, IS THE QUESTION.
      THEY COULD HAD HE DONE OFF STRAIGHT AWAY, BUT HAVE NOT. WHY?

    • @raylovelace8588
      @raylovelace8588 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@foxonrunspotoneverywhere795 Because you haven't QUITE lost it enough to off him yourself?

  • @shadowtabbys
    @shadowtabbys 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    I have never believed the world with what the world said about Edward. I think that Edward did the right thing, and more people should be doing this. Thank you Edward for all that your doing.

  • @demi666lovato
    @demi666lovato 4 ปีที่แล้ว +516

    Edward Snowden confirms that true Patriotism is not about love for your country. It's about love for the truth

    • @CalvinHikes
      @CalvinHikes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      That's interesting. And I like it.

    • @CrusaderLogan
      @CrusaderLogan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Well loving your country includes loving its values and what it symbolically stands for. To see the government go against those values would spur any true patriot to take action.

    • @ny6u
      @ny6u 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      In that case I bet all north koreans “love” their country...

    • @shiitakestick
      @shiitakestick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh I thought it was to oppose emotion and be an objective thinker .

    • @RozeAbove
      @RozeAbove 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      On the contrary, he did this for the love of his Country and the ideals it once espoused.

  • @JAM_2024
    @JAM_2024 5 ปีที่แล้ว +775

    Great interviewer. Didn't interrupt snowden or cut him off while he spoke. And he asked him great questions. Good job

    • @barbaraaiello8679
      @barbaraaiello8679 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Brian Williams is a pro!

    • @corbeau-_-
      @corbeau-_- 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      people get cut off when they get off topic. No need for that with Snowden. He has thought about what he wants to tell.

    • @parityviolation968
      @parityviolation968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      lol... Brian Williams is typically not considered a good journalist... but this interview was unexpectedly fresh... It's like there was some humility in his general tone.

    • @leogama3422
      @leogama3422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well spotted!

    • @robertnicholls9917
      @robertnicholls9917 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@parityviolation968 I was surprised, most people in that culture have shunned the expertise of real journalism. And, MSNBC has become the Fox News for the phony, corporate centrist class. This was truly a surprise.

  • @trex8693
    @trex8693 4 ปีที่แล้ว +577

    He is one of those special group of people who is willing to give up everything for the greater good. Respect..

    • @wakeup2241
      @wakeup2241 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Trex meanwhile the government is using the virus to take away our rights
      th-cam.com/video/bGMkSNj_-7Q/w-d-xo.html

    • @yourmomma8065
      @yourmomma8065 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@wakeup2241 You are nuts commie.

    • @jamesturnage6261
      @jamesturnage6261 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      When a person with moral courage speaks up they are usually put in the barrel. Few people will stand behind them with their voice.

    • @williambuck5617
      @williambuck5617 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      if only more would. my grandfather used to tell me as a kid. you can be a bad guy and live an easy life or be a good one who's life will be filled with pain an sadness. most will choose the easy road and their work will make this world worse off. but those few who do good will be remembered and be able to die knowing their work has helped the future.

    • @HumanPatientAssn
      @HumanPatientAssn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      but does not know this is not a Democracy?

  • @Wally-m9y
    @Wally-m9y 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    I say Mr. Snowden is one of the best speakers I have heard, ever. I have never formed an opinion of him because he is not one to share much of himself.
    I like, very much, that he is for liberty and truth but too kind towards those who would still love to do to him what some have done to Assange. I am no fan of the MSNBC or Williams and any Main Stream Media but I only watch this because of Snowden.

  • @thegatesofsleep
    @thegatesofsleep 3 ปีที่แล้ว +702

    This man is truly one of the greats of our generation.

    • @luciliaperrone498
      @luciliaperrone498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Grant, do you mean Grants' or Skates for rssr?? ... He is the best!!! My hero!!!

    • @justtellthetruth1134
      @justtellthetruth1134 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Occam's Razor is in plain sight regarding Edward Snowden. He is 100% a plant by the corporate-owned government. He is a propaganda minister designed to make you rebel against the government and further creates a separation of the people. The proof is they are allowing him to broadcast his message. If it weren't so, the corporations who own our government, also own all the media, including youtube, and they wouldn't allow any of his broadcasts. Remember united we stand divided we fall and it is each of our responsibility to help reunite our country and only then will we be able to turn our country around. All of these videos are nothing more than corporate-controlled propaganda. Don't be fooled any longer!

  • @hannapatterson2217
    @hannapatterson2217 5 ปีที่แล้ว +240

    The world will never be able to repay the debt we owe to this hero for the sacrifices he made for our freedom. Thank you so much Edward Snowden ♥️

    • @dadys31
      @dadys31 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🛐🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @phreephallin
      @phreephallin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      What's changed since his revelations? If anything, the spyimg on americans and illegal wars have onlt gotten worse.

    • @user-vp6cq4sv3d
      @user-vp6cq4sv3d 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Jody Owen Trial?

    • @edwardsbarbara25
      @edwardsbarbara25 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @RUOK JEESUZ

    • @Buttington_Headerson
      @Buttington_Headerson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing will change because everyone is too dumb and lazy to care

  • @jmmacb03
    @jmmacb03 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1412

    "We will promise not to torture you." Omg America. This is simply sick, sick, sick...

    • @jullianassangebergstien5462
      @jullianassangebergstien5462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Imagine the serious mental illness it takes to watch wtc7 at 5:20 p.m. on 9/11 and think 19 Saudis with box cutters?

    • @gjohnson5
      @gjohnson5 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOL , He got stress fractures in Basic training , how about leg kick him repeatedly?

    • @eb937
      @eb937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      If you ever had an opportunity to work on a job that requires you to have a security clearance, this is nothing new. I was told during my briefing on the day I applied for my clearance that if I were to leak any shred of classified information even if it was unintentional, I would not only lose my job but I would "never ever see the day of light ever again."

    • @gjohnson5
      @gjohnson5 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@eb937 Surprised Bradly / Chelsea Manning got out long enough to get in legal troubles again

    • @eb937
      @eb937 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gjohnson5 True, but that's because he got pardoned by President Obama.

  • @yionnecantu
    @yionnecantu 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    Snowden is intelligent AF!!
    A true Patriot. I could listen to him for hours, truly a fascinating guy. I hope he makes it back home someday

  • @moncef2466
    @moncef2466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +392

    Very intelligent, fluent, principled moral person. Such a hero, Wish him the best.

    • @lisaweaver986
      @lisaweaver986 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What he viewed to his intel tenure was law playing corruption in its highest in power... right in front of his own eyes. This would be highly spooky to any mind to intel.

    • @valgehiir
      @valgehiir 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Moral person? Selling out America is now morally right lol

    • @FreedomInc
      @FreedomInc 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Everything that makes you an enemy of the government

    • @moncef2466
      @moncef2466 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@valgehiir Yes, when America is violating the constitutional rights of citizen. Lol.

    • @valgehiir
      @valgehiir 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      What rights? To see how citizens rights are trampled, move to your idol Putin's empire for a while, then you learn how well you're actually having it. But you will never travel, I bet you have never left your state lol

  • @objectivityworldview
    @objectivityworldview 5 ปีที่แล้ว +673

    Best quote from Snowden: “What is legal is not always the same as what is moral”.

    • @Learningisfree808
      @Learningisfree808 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Mark M. Aka slavery

    • @alancrane9762
      @alancrane9762 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Tell that to the judge who didn't care that I had swerved into the emergency lane to prevent getting hit by a truck. He basically said I broke the law. The problem with legal and moral is that the law is written and it is clear. Moral can be interpreted many different ways.

    • @Phatnaru0002
      @Phatnaru0002 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      True, but, everyone's morals are different. Living only by morals is just anarchy.

    • @objectivityworldview
      @objectivityworldview 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “True.but, everyone’s morals are different”
      Is this statement based upon your own morality or what you know to be absolutely true?

    • @TheSilverMeridian
      @TheSilverMeridian 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The basis for moral behaviour is practical selfishness

  • @thelaurels13
    @thelaurels13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +366

    I’m reading his book at the moment, Permanent Record, and it’s fascinating. Highly recommend it. This man is a hero and a true patriot. He should not be vilified for telling the truth.

    • @lanij4754
      @lanij4754 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      His book is available in amazon?

    • @thelaurels13
      @thelaurels13 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Lani j Yes and in any good bookstore.

    • @ThatDayumWood979
      @ThatDayumWood979 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it on Audible?

    • @freeassange402
      @freeassange402 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And the money goes to USA ...ksut a shame.

    • @Theoneandonly88able
      @Theoneandonly88able 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The beginning of permanent record was quite daunting on the subject of his childhood. It was an unnecessary long portion of the book for an ordinary upbringing.

  • @jasonrwolf4499
    @jasonrwolf4499 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    An American patriot to the core!!!

  • @sunshine23.141
    @sunshine23.141 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    I hope Snowden knows we appreciate his courage to reveal some scary truths at his own expense. And that someday his life can continue in the United States with his family.

  • @KempireRadio
    @KempireRadio 5 ปีที่แล้ว +561

    11 minutes in and this is already a powerful interview. More people need to see this.

    • @marcelokristian6591
      @marcelokristian6591 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      KempireRadio totally agree

    • @701garage
      @701garage 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Most people dont like watching traitors

    • @reneelace1491
      @reneelace1491 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the movie

    • @1247.cccccc
      @1247.cccccc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@701garage Especially: Traitors that sound like Seth Rogan. WTF is going on here?

    • @Blahzay-m84
      @Blahzay-m84 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      man, you're a moron if you think that

  • @stevenreichertart
    @stevenreichertart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +401

    I’ve always been impressed by how thoughtful and morally-focused Snowden is. He exposed crimes committed by our government, and that takes true courage.

    • @protestssopeacefulweneedad2017
      @protestssopeacefulweneedad2017 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      When will he expose Trump serving the Jewish agenda for enslavement of Gentiles?

    • @dulajohnstone5704
      @dulajohnstone5704 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Jeremy Harmonare you also a coward? and scared of the truth!

    • @jullianassangebergstien5462
      @jullianassangebergstien5462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      our gov't just happens to be israels gov't. not actually ours.

    • @mlrobinson1953
      @mlrobinson1953 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Remember, it was the PREVIOUS administration's crimes!

    • @stevenreichertart
      @stevenreichertart 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @ThisOldMofo Bro Can we please keep this discussion respectful. Your comment is rude and disrespectful.

  • @tompeacock7097
    @tompeacock7097 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    You are a hero….period. Hope some day you return to
    A hero’s welcome home.

  • @shirolee
    @shirolee 5 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    A patriot being exiled by the country he's trying to serve and protect. That's the country that we live in.

    • @chrisherbert1524
      @chrisherbert1524 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sad but true. Whistlerblower got lucky with the tRUMPinski administration, but don't if those same laws existed in 2013.

    • @nataliadagon
      @nataliadagon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @marthale7 He chose wrong country for asylum...I mean Assange..

    • @nataliadagon
      @nataliadagon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @marthale7How to understand your "he did not chose Russia, it was the only choice"?... So, Snowden did ask for asylum in Russia, didn't he? ))It was actually one of his choices. ..The rest of the countries simply refused him as they were told to do so and they do not have freedome of desision...
      And obviously that was the right choice for Snowden as he is still alive, not sold for 33 coins by coward and corrupt government and not imprisoned, don't you think so?..)
      But Assange made a fatal mistake......

    • @ThePthompson41
      @ThePthompson41 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly!!!!

    • @tombayless9759
      @tombayless9759 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Right wwg1wga world wide JFK awakening

  • @RA-pi1lg
    @RA-pi1lg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +867

    Seriously this guy isn't asking much he is just asking for fair trail.
    And he should get one

    • @effortlessawareness8778
      @effortlessawareness8778 5 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Yeah get him a fair trail damnit one that he is able to hike

    • @faraonlatino
      @faraonlatino 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@effortlessawareness8778 lol... Good one

    • @andec6240
      @andec6240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly.

    • @weisemari
      @weisemari 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Too dangerous, given the judges he would meet.

    • @andec6240
      @andec6240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Annemarie Weise which is why he wants a jury in open

  • @Kirovets7011
    @Kirovets7011 3 ปีที่แล้ว +440

    I am not American, but i have deep respect for Edward Snowden!!
    And he explains everything so well, so clearly. I just can´t stop listening to him!

    • @Tyler-nn8gk
      @Tyler-nn8gk 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      If you listen closely you can hear Obama being tackled by security in the back

    • @vicentenavejar1517
      @vicentenavejar1517 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So can trump with lies and trump to is a TRAITOR to AMERICA. He made IDIOTS of HALF almost of AMERICA.

    • @chrisfreitag7259
      @chrisfreitag7259 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vicentenavejar1517 no we did

    • @chrisfreitag7259
      @chrisfreitag7259 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@vicentenavejar1517 Us the American public gave him the votes. Its our fault too.

    • @PhallaTeaching168
      @PhallaTeaching168 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, my brother too

  • @melissastreeter22
    @melissastreeter22 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Opinions change over time, as mine have for this young man. He's thoughtful, intelligent, just.

  • @beverleyreid7572
    @beverleyreid7572 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2200

    THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AFRAID OF THE PEOPLE; THE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF THE GOVERNMENT. INDEED!!!!!

    • @pcollins98
      @pcollins98 4 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      I agree, what happened to the Constitution whereas I was taught the whole purpose is to protect "We The People" against corrupt government official(s) or malice governmental structures. We are suppose to be able to spy on them, not the other way around. The American people's civil rights are stepped on, violated and disregarded as though anything the government wants to do has to be accepted. If I didn't know any better I would think this is a communist country.

    • @richietattersall2122
      @richietattersall2122 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Google Article V in the Constitution, Amendments. The Citizens have the authority and the right to amend the Constitution WITHOUT Congress having anything to do with it, we have just never done it.

    • @mikes7446
      @mikes7446 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The police better wake up because they are just looked at as pawns by those in high places to protect them from us.

    • @uniquebeings5845
      @uniquebeings5845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The thing is there's psychology involved. Its the same concept, when other races encounter a black person and get nervous, when in reality it should be the other way around.

    • @uniquebeings5845
      @uniquebeings5845 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pcollins98 socialism in Amer. came after slavery, but technically socialism doesn't truly exist

  • @David_Vander_Vliet
    @David_Vander_Vliet 3 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    He is a class act. It is a pleasure listening to him speak.

  • @mondobeyondo
    @mondobeyondo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +729

    He is a hero for trying to defend privacy of innocent citizens.

    • @amywells8378
      @amywells8378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Idk if I'd go that far but true if not for him we never would've known the truth of this but he did sell info to our enemies and put us at risk anyway. He could've handled better. He was scared and I'm sure there's much more to this story.

    • @110000116699
      @110000116699 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@amywells8378 government shill the government has no right to our information unless we are a direct threat

    • @amywells8378
      @amywells8378 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@110000116699 Agreed. They have been abusing this power far too long and should be held accountable.

    • @shiitakestick
      @shiitakestick 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amy Wells - you tell ‘em Amy .

    • @amywells8378
      @amywells8378 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@shiitakestick I try. A group of us and countless others spend hours sometimes everyday trying to spread the truth of what's happening in this country & the level of corruption is just insane! But, LOL 🤣 As exhausting as it may be shutting down these lefties We Must STAND UP & DO THE BEST WE CAN! GOD BLESSYOU!!

  • @kathydavenport4422
    @kathydavenport4422 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This man is incredibly intelligent and a gentleman that tells the truth. Thank you for sharing Edward. Many Blessings sent to you and yours from west Texas. Blessings Be

  • @maymarkespallardo7318
    @maymarkespallardo7318 4 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    the clarity of this man is so refreshing

  • @AD-rx9cm
    @AD-rx9cm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +283

    His sacrifice vs. our knowledge. Thank you for telling the truth. The truth is rare these days.

    • @mansory7996
      @mansory7996 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      well it was not hard to understand without him. He did not really change anything the gov keeps spying .

    • @TheReddaredevil223
      @TheReddaredevil223 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mansory7996 At least people are more aware of it because of him.

    • @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605
      @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You can tell Snowden is innocent...HOW? When The government wants to shut him up and put him in jail.. let's bring him home and here just what they were up to...

    • @AD-rx9cm
      @AD-rx9cm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anonymo US I don’t think he was ever going to change anything. But for those who seek questions he’s given some answers

    • @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605
      @republicansthatdidntvotefo1605 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AD-rx9cm one person has never changed anything. Well I take that back Trump😞

  • @rrbaggett7
    @rrbaggett7 5 ปีที่แล้ว +542

    Snowden is the embodiment of integrity. If only *more* of us were such "reckless traitors."

    • @jullianassangebergstien5462
      @jullianassangebergstien5462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah, and jews would have a really bad decade.

    • @BigWoollyMammoth
      @BigWoollyMammoth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jullianassangebergstien5462 probably not as bad as 8 decades ago.

    • @herbhungry7565
      @herbhungry7565 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigWoollyMammoth xD its awful to laugh at that. but well said man...

    • @SpreadingLoveHereNow
      @SpreadingLoveHereNow 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, he's a very good actor. In fact, he comes from a family of actors.

    • @LadyHotdogOfTheBun
      @LadyHotdogOfTheBun 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      rrbaggett7 By whose standards...

  • @reubenjedidiahchipemba1608
    @reubenjedidiahchipemba1608 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    First time watching him being interviewed,am amazed at Edward's intelligence and clarity ❤.

  • @lindascarafiotti6394
    @lindascarafiotti6394 5 ปีที่แล้ว +592

    I absolutely love Snowden. He is a true hero and patriot of the people.

    • @brian_Austin27
      @brian_Austin27 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yes he is

    • @andec6240
      @andec6240 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      He’s done great work and I sure hope he gets the protection and rights he deserves

    • @josephschreier1462
      @josephschreier1462 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No he isn't

    • @josephschreier1462
      @josephschreier1462 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Iain Herridge I do way more than you can imagine.Learn how to help Humanity ? Snowden didn't expect Trump to win. Brennan , Comey ,Clapper not there for him. How will Snowden get back without them to USA without charges. He will probably sing to DOJ if he makes it back alive.

    • @josephschreier1462
      @josephschreier1462 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @calistorich your a clown BOZO

  • @royadjalali1299
    @royadjalali1299 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1163

    Snowden is not just moral, he is a very sharp analyst. He is a gift.

    • @justtellthetruth1134
      @justtellthetruth1134 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Occam's Razor is in plain sight regarding Edward Snowden. He is 100% a plant by the corporate-owned government. He is a propaganda minister designed to make you rebel against the government and further creates a separation of the people. The proof is they are allowing him to broadcast his message. If it weren't so, the corporations who own our government, also own all the media, including youtube, and they wouldn't allow any of his broadcasts. Remember united we stand divided we fall and it is each of our responsibility to help reunite our country and only then will we be able to turn our country around. All of these videos are nothing more than corporate-controlled propaganda. Don't be fooled any longer!

    • @jonasherseth5306
      @jonasherseth5306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@justtellthetruth1134 You should look up Occam's razor, because what you're suggesting is pretty much the opposite of Occam's razor.

    • @mrearlygold
      @mrearlygold 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      to russia and all the America haters he sure is

    • @jbatayola7370
      @jbatayola7370 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree he has exposed primarily the wrongdoings of Obama's DOJ, State Department, and CIA - the right man who blew the whistle, a CIA contractor and analyst himself.

    • @yolandamorua107
      @yolandamorua107 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Amen

  • @Comedy-Cult
    @Comedy-Cult 4 ปีที่แล้ว +511

    When a citizen puts our rights before their own lives they should be rewarded for doing so. Snowden is a hero

    • @Comedy-Cult
      @Comedy-Cult 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @Jun Don : what does his being in Russia have to do with his heroic efforts to stop our government from breaking the law and going against our consitution by spying on every American, including YOU (and I mean every American, regardless of their past)

    • @MrTripplenipple
      @MrTripplenipple 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Comedy-Cult in all fairness, didn't Snowden also break the law?

    • @Comedy-Cult
      @Comedy-Cult 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @CSTE the government had a law in place to protect themselves even in a situation like this where they’ve clearly violated our constitutional rights

    • @Comedy-Cult
      @Comedy-Cult 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The whole point of the law is to uphold the very rights promised by our constitution
      Let’s keep in mind that the only “law” he broke was telling a member of the press that our government was violating our privacy, and therefore violating our fundamental constitutional rights

    • @Comedy-Cult
      @Comedy-Cult 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Jun Don - Broke the trust of his employers ? The US government was keeping tabs on every single CITIZEN and violating our privacy and our rights as US citizens. Are you seriously arguing that with “Employer/Employee trust”???

  • @zookyook1
    @zookyook1 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    Surprised they didn't cut it short when he said "Facts should matter more than feelings" 🤣

    • @tamraaustin3894
      @tamraaustin3894 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The snowflakes are crying! 😢😢😢

  • @Jonzuber
    @Jonzuber 4 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Edward Snowden held the government accountable for their actions! That’s one for the good guys with more to come!

  • @iceturtle-nb6rc
    @iceturtle-nb6rc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +677

    Edward Snowden is a national hero, he should be awarded the Medal of Freedom

    • @medusalvr1968
      @medusalvr1968 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I concur and support this opinion and statement.

    • @seanmoylan2382
      @seanmoylan2382 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      For what...Being a Russian propagandist?

    • @lazyskull7949
      @lazyskull7949 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He broke the law, despite what he leaked.

    • @maxglide
      @maxglide 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@lazyskull7949 breaking the law is not a thing to be worried about according to the PreTENDsident

    • @epicstark990
      @epicstark990 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@lazyskull7949 You sound a Nazi who would have killed the innocent because it was "the law". Sheep.

  • @SquirrilahFish
    @SquirrilahFish 3 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    I hope in my lifetime I see Snowden pardoned, and receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

    • @cynthiaromero2658
      @cynthiaromero2658 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      God help us if that happens. Leave him where he is. He's someone else's problem.

    • @nicolep2151
      @nicolep2151 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I think if that happens it would be his death sentence. He's a lot like Trump exposing the criminals we have running our nation. I first thought he was this traitor but the more I see and read on him, Washington is scared of him. He needs to be pardoned but he needs to stay out of sight.

    • @Zionreignsforever
      @Zionreignsforever 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same.

    • @nofyfb123
      @nofyfb123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@nicolep2151 How can you compare an intelligent person to drumpf?!?

    • @ClavinZKL
      @ClavinZKL 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nah trump pardoned kodak black..

  • @Chon-c
    @Chon-c 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    FOR THOSE WHO SAY “IM INNOCENT,I DO NOTHING WRONG ,I HAVE NO REASON TO HIDE”.
    Like it has always been since the beginning of time where people lives together with others .
    “ITS NOT WHAT YOU THINK YOU ARE INNOCENT OF ,ITS WHAT SOMEONE CAN MAKE OUT OF IT”.
    Period !

  • @albdeno
    @albdeno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +636

    "Whistleblower" is such an ugly word for people who are literally modern heroes. Almost every single one of them willingly destroys their lives and safety for general awareness.

    • @CarieSaad
      @CarieSaad 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But yet the term is so powerful cuz it makes the Gov't scared....mainly the democrats. They have the most to hide.

    • @leewebb35
      @leewebb35 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I agree, this mans life was put into jeopardy,

    • @katviera9207
      @katviera9207 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I agree it has such an ugly connotation.

    • @mariaalano3077
      @mariaalano3077 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes, you are correct, modern days.heroes, the scope is greater, global.

    • @michaelpreston233
      @michaelpreston233 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The Sec of the Navy fired a Captain this week, because he looked after his crew while Balloon baby sits on his Fat Tuffet stalling progress.

  • @annaspeaks1988
    @annaspeaks1988 5 ปีที่แล้ว +370

    Edward Snowden is an incredibly rare, brilliant, and wise human being.

    • @Marine_0317
      @Marine_0317 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Incredibly with just a G.E.D level of education. What does that say about all of our elected (elite) officials that attended Ivy League Schools? Hmm...

    • @jamesstern8043
      @jamesstern8043 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you say so

    • @jamesstern8043
      @jamesstern8043 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      pacman1408 I agree

    • @psiiota6004
      @psiiota6004 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anna, look up genetically modified skeptic

    • @andrewmacintosh2613
      @andrewmacintosh2613 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Marine_0317 GED really. Is that what the us government is saying about him now. He passed all the FBI n Cia tests with flying colors... He didn't do that with just a GED education...

  • @Blake.Spider
    @Blake.Spider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +315

    "in a world where exposing crime is illegal, you are ruled by criminals"
    -someone smart, probably

    • @donnieharoldharris5305
      @donnieharoldharris5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Please add to this. We need more info from you.

    • @elconijo
      @elconijo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s you. You’re that smart person.
      Keep talking.

    • @Blake.Spider
      @Blake.Spider 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elconijo no, i stole it from someone on reddit

    • @donnieharoldharris5305
      @donnieharoldharris5305 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      , There are laws high up that natural...

    • @mrross1606
      @mrross1606 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Love the metaphor

  • @Dilligaf.369
    @Dilligaf.369 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    "No one really wants to be a whistle blower." The simple fact that they do decide to come forward knowing their lives are likely never going to be as they were, is a statement more powerful than words can muster. They are the few that can actually say with meaning, I AM A PATRIOT! It's criminal that this man lives in exile still.

  • @renegade637
    @renegade637 3 ปีที่แล้ว +491

    "People should not be afraid of their government. The government should be afraid of their people."

    • @deborahshipman8888
      @deborahshipman8888 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How about no fear at all?

    • @Lordradost
      @Lordradost 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      The government is working on it. In a nutshell examples include:
      Serfdom: abolish generational wealth eliminating private housing (like through Black Stone: tax payer paid for) creating a renting population.
      Abolish the police: turn it into federal police.
      Create government dependance: see the Cloward Piven strategy and review the effects of mass immigration in lieu of automation, resource scarcity and inflation.
      Limit expression: Support hate speech laws and question the first amendement, via weaponized empathy activist groups normalizing new paradigms.
      Mass surveillance: allow social media companies to evolve and grant you their backdoors.

    • @accurategamer7085
      @accurategamer7085 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@deborahshipman8888 and that sir is the reason you shouldn't be able to vote. If nobody has fear then chaos will follow. Laws wouldn't exist if people didn't fear it.

    • @brog5330
      @brog5330 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@accurategamer7085 but then again it is fear that leads to violence and if we wouldn’t have violence we wouldn’t need laws against it in the first place. Though sadly fear is a tool way to powerful to not use if you are able to. Power tempts people. Always.

    • @bunsenn5064
      @bunsenn5064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@accurategamer7085 I think it more or less refers to the fear mongering used to manipulate a group or population, something which is not needed. Of course, people should fear the law, but they shouldn’t be suppressed by mongering.

  • @jimbeaux89
    @jimbeaux89 4 ปีที่แล้ว +715

    Call him what you will, but Edward Snowden is a hero in my eyes

    • @zwest2195
      @zwest2195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I kinda flip flop on him like Ted Cruz did. On one side I think its patriotic, the other side makes me wonder why he fled to China and Russia making this seem much bigger than I'll probably ever know. Regardless he did brake laws. He was charged with the Espionage act and theft of government property. Kinda breaks into the whole vigilante thing, it's still a crime but a "good crime". Regardless, I do like majority of his views on government overreach. And end of the day, it'll never be my decision to make. I just know there's 10x more to the story that he isn't telling us.

    • @maggies3849
      @maggies3849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Z West
      I know what you mean. As long as he has something bad to say about Trump, then we are allowed to dislike him. Should he say something bad about Obama, then we are allowed to hate him. Just depends, doesn’t it.

    • @zwest2195
      @zwest2195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@maggies3849 Even though I like trump, it doesn't bother me if he talks bad about him. Everything he says is hearsay right now. If he actually has evidence, bring it forward. I'd love to see transparency. I wont treat trump like the best president we've ever had. Nor will I idolize him. If Trump is lying to us all, we deserve to know. So far almost every promise trump has campaigned on has been kept and then some. Its great to be proud of. But his presidency is not over, its hard to judge him to the likes of past presidents just yet. But as you and I both know, there is ten fold more substantial dirt on Obama. Spygate and Obama gate is just a taste of the rest of the meal and backed by evidence. If but hopefully when all of this comes to light it'll open a massive flood gate where I dont know where it will end and what it will effect. Will it nullify Obamas presidency? Will that nullify and laws signed by Obama? I have no idea. Sure will be interesting so say the least.

    • @tonybanner2982
      @tonybanner2982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hes was a Spy What did he think he was going to do in the NSA

    • @jfhoward8264
      @jfhoward8264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nonsense, in no way is he a hero, far, far from it!

  • @scotrule6128
    @scotrule6128 5 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    Not only is this man HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, he possesses conviction, and right or wrong in the end, he stands for what he did with an unwavering and unapologetic posture.

    • @think32
      @think32 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right or wrong in the end? Is that up for debate?

    • @seankennedy18
      @seankennedy18 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's banking on you thinking he's smart. He's a simple moron.

    • @thanasispanification
      @thanasispanification 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@chrise1004 from Guantanamo this interview would have never taken place.

    • @dgitlripplz
      @dgitlripplz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Bottom line is we are witnessing a natural citizen of the U.S. being persecuted for standing up for what's RIGHT. And its being framed in a way to make us feel patriotic so we can keep fighting for what we think is right on behalf of "OUR" great country/government... or at the very least buy a book.
      Everyone should start flying the "great" flag upside down... That's when you KNOW your neighbor has had enough! Haha

    • @Wananga4
      @Wananga4 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@seankennedy18 how so?

  • @anneross5243
    @anneross5243 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Open and honest.

  • @pattio666
    @pattio666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +654

    Hero. He sacrificed a life at HOME to inform our citizens of the evils of our government.

    • @jd2888
      @jd2888 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Every Government has evil, he betrayed his country and the people. Do you think other countries are nice friendly honest people in their governments? ................
      Snowflakes.

    • @Kamots
      @Kamots 5 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      @@jd2888 It's people like you that MAKE governments evil :/

    • @Milly032712
      @Milly032712 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@jd2888 get out.....

    • @frogface66
      @frogface66 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@jd2888 Dude, you make no sense. go away.

    • @pattio666
      @pattio666 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@jd2888 LOL! You sound a bit crazy.

  • @billycarrier6132
    @billycarrier6132 3 ปีที่แล้ว +253

    A person who gave up everything that we value, family friends and country for everyone one else.
    DEFINITELY A HERO

    • @jackiemclaughlin2565
      @jackiemclaughlin2565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You talking about Trump?

    • @jackiemclaughlin2565
      @jackiemclaughlin2565 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes he did... Trump gave up everything. Trump is a very generous man that loves his Country and his love spreads across the Nation's and it shows that they love him back.

    • @jackiemclaughlin2565
      @jackiemclaughlin2565 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Snowden just stay there. We don't need your narrow azz here ever again.

    • @gabmichael8546
      @gabmichael8546 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      When things were at their very worst:
      2 Suns, Cross in the sky, 2 comets will collide = don`t be afraid - repent, accept Lord`s Hand of Mercy.
      The first sign - the Earth will spin faster.
      The second sign concerns the sun, which will loom larger, brighter and begin to spin.
      Scientists will say it was a global illusion.
      Beaware - Jesus will never walk in flesh again.
      After WW3 - rise of the “ man of peace“ from the East = Antichrist - the most powerful, popular, charismatic and influential leader of all time. Many miracles will be attributed to him. He will imitate Jesus in every conceivable way.
      Don`t trust „pope“ Francis = the False Prophet
      - will seem to rise from the dead
      - will unite all Christian Churches and all Religions as one.
      One World Religion = the seat of the Antichrist.
      Benedict XVI is the last true pope - will be accused of a crime of which he is totally innocent.
      - banking collapse was deliberately masterminded by the Antichrist
      - Antichrist will step in and create a false peace in the state of Israel by joining them with palestine in an unlikely alliance.
      - „He will recite extracts from My Teachings, which he will passionately proclaim from every secular stage in the world, until people sit up and take notice of him.“
      The Book of Truth
      mdmlastprophet.com/when-i-come-as-the-king-of-mercy-not-one-soul-will-be-left-in-any-doubt-as-to-who-i-am-and-what-i-am/
      mdmlastprophet.com/arab-uprising-will-spark-global-unrest-italy-will-trigger-fall-out/

    • @charlenetorres7802
      @charlenetorres7802 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And a person that was left standing alone BECAUSE WE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DIDN'T STAND UP AND DEMAND THAT OUR RIGHTS FREEDOM. AND LIBERTIES NOT BE VIOLATED BY ANYONE !!! IT IS OUR FAULT THAT SNOWDEN CANT COME HOME
      HE STOOD FOR US !!!!! WE SHOWED OUR GRATITUDE BY DESERTED HIM

  • @alexobed3184
    @alexobed3184 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2190

    We MUST protect whistle-blowers. It's basically the last and only line of defense we have left vs. state corruption.

    • @shawshank6015
      @shawshank6015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex Obed 🤣🤣🤣

    • @hopebelieve2526
      @hopebelieve2526 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      right... except it is not the state that is corrupt. It is a select and comparitively few that occupy vital and intrinsically powerful positions that are not even seen as important.

    • @alaia531
      @alaia531 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@hopebelieve2526 yeah you pretty much got it on the nose.

    • @tyrannosaurus62
      @tyrannosaurus62 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

      Christopher Knight a traitor to the Government . A patriot and hero to the people .

    • @tonyragsdale3066
      @tonyragsdale3066 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Kristie C So someone has an opinion that differs from yours, and instead of having a civil discussion about it you go straight to the name calling. Did you learn that at a young age or is that something you taught yourself?

  • @eddielindaa
    @eddielindaa 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I take my hat off to u
    Sincere
    Honorable
    Very intelligent and wise
    A true US patriot

  • @Wezweznaod
    @Wezweznaod 3 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    I wish he could do podcasts!!! Do more speeches, interviews etc.. He has so much knowledge and wisdom

  • @davidkramer8858
    @davidkramer8858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +508

    Why does this whistleblower get persecuted and the phony ones get protected

    • @joreed1732
      @joreed1732 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Because honest values dont sell in this job market
      Thats a sad world but he knows it is as wrong for humanity as we do.

    • @stylyoreilly
      @stylyoreilly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Free Julian Assange ..ffs all he did was wisen up the masses & tip us off by telling the truth !

    • @LFortune
      @LFortune 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Now here's a question for the ages. It will take some very deep soul searching to get to an honest answer. I'm not sure that America is quite up to the challenge....yet.

    • @markbentz8940
      @markbentz8940 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      it is now the american way........its not love thy neighbor its screw thy neighbor over etc

    • @FavreianVengeance
      @FavreianVengeance 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think you answered your own question. Use punctuation next time.

  • @ese3go
    @ese3go 3 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    This interview leaves me astounded once again at the honesty and brilliance of Edward Snowden. I will probably view this interview again and again as a way to keep me on the side of respect for humanity and what nurtures our lives.

    • @luciliaperrone498
      @luciliaperrone498 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mummy I agree!! 🥰❤

    • @LifeisEnergy2
      @LifeisEnergy2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Thank you! we don’t have that many people that respect and will stand with humanity 🙏🏽

    • @josephlaryea5792
      @josephlaryea5792 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Its time to free Snowden now.

    • @justlooking2007
      @justlooking2007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Watch him on Joe Rogan

    • @davechae5890
      @davechae5890 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanx*

  • @someoneelse.2252
    @someoneelse.2252 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The dude is a hero, NOT a criminal. Look to Congress if you want a criminal.

  • @danielday1306
    @danielday1306 4 ปีที่แล้ว +139

    He is intelligent, well spoken, and knows his subejct matter extremely well. He is right, it is about power; it's that simple.

  • @Newton14alan
    @Newton14alan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +776

    I have to wonder if, during a debate, any of The Democratic Candidates, for 2020, would raise their hands if asked, "Who, among you, would PARDON Edward Snowden if he returned to The U.S.?"

    • @dreamingrightnow1174
      @dreamingrightnow1174 5 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Right? Especially Joe Biden, with follow up questions about his support of different aspects of The Bill of Rights, because that's where the rubber meets the road. Let's see how patriotic these people really are.

    • @markusvrbanac8688
      @markusvrbanac8688 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      The only two who have mentioned Snowden are Gabbard - she said she would pardon him, as well as Assange, and Andrew Yang, who said he would want both Snowden and Assange to face trial, but would pardon him if Yang believes he did not receive a fair trial. He would drop espionage charges and allow for a full defense.

    • @Newton14alan
      @Newton14alan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@markusvrbanac8688 -- Thanks for the info! I'll look into it further.

    • @EntertheBlackDragon
      @EntertheBlackDragon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I think that needs to be a question at the next debate.

    • @spzaruba5089
      @spzaruba5089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      To this day Obama wants to bury him under the jail. So the Progressives would be all in.

  • @kimsnyder580
    @kimsnyder580 3 ปีที่แล้ว +311

    He is a hero, not a villain. bring him home this is not fair to him and all the good he has done and could do for the world.

    • @sherrychancey9291
      @sherrychancey9291 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wish him and Julian would have been pardoned hum maybe we don't know what has been positively done

    • @Dontbecold
      @Dontbecold 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Whats wrong with you?? Why do somebody eles have to stand up & fight our battles for others. I fight battles for others ever day. Speak up yourself. Tell the gas station man/ woman about what's really going on. Educate someone else every day. Get others to think. Stop waiting on others.

    • @ahashdahnagila6884
      @ahashdahnagila6884 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Caroline HoldnLine
      He'll be pardoned in 2024, when President Trump is reelected.

    • @KarenLynge1
      @KarenLynge1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ahashdahnagila6884Delutional crazy assumtion you have about Donald “Trump” Drump Dum.. 😝 You should be ashamed.. 😆

  • @sambassil7825
    @sambassil7825 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very courageous man, honest and upright.

  • @ConnorHazzy201
    @ConnorHazzy201 4 ปีที่แล้ว +564

    Very intelligent man, a whole government is terrified of him it’s amazing

    • @Blahzay-m84
      @Blahzay-m84 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/rx2_iHftARo/w-d-xo.html

    • @curtissimmons2287
      @curtissimmons2287 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I wonder will he expose weather control

    • @Notecrusher
      @Notecrusher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Revealing classified information to journalists is the "crime" Edward Snowden committed. Here's what Chalmers Johnson, former US intelligence officer and author of "Blowback" -- which predicted a 9/11 style attack a year before it happened, says about classified information: "All classified information is classified to protect the personal or career interests of government actors. True secrets are simply closely held by prudent people. There is zero security justification for the classified system".

    • @mikeyj.philly
      @mikeyj.philly 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Its all a game man. You really think the US Government would allow him to be alive right now if they really wanted it otherwise? Trust me there is NOTHING stopping them.

    • @steveblanmag7410
      @steveblanmag7410 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The government, this president or the previous, can have him erased from history. I don't think they're too afraid. I watch him but I'm not convinced by his platitudes. Oh and he's got a book out. Don't forget to pick one up today! 🙄🤑🤮💩

  • @violet9853
    @violet9853 4 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Edward, your intelligence is magnificent. Your conversation is eloquent! Bless you always. You are a great hero to the world.

    • @Notecrusher
      @Notecrusher 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And one more reason to detest Joe Biden.

  • @poppycalliope6793
    @poppycalliope6793 4 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Here we have a special and intelligent young man who believes in right over wrong and refuses to turn a blind eye inspite of the risks involved. God bless him and keep him safe.

    • @mrross1606
      @mrross1606 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      We need more people like u in the world

    • @Videot99
      @Videot99 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      A couple thousand more like Snowden and we might could get back on track. There are so many things about our culture that have gone off the rails.