American whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked to the world the secretive Internet and telephone programmes of the US is joining the Board of Directors of the prestigious Freedom of the Press Foundation.
‘The unconstitutional gathering of the communications records of everyone in America threatens our most basic rights, and the public should have a say in whether or not that continues,’ Snowden said in a statement issued through the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which was co-founded by Daniel Ellsberg in 2012.
Snowden said it is ‘tremendously humbling’ to be called to serve the cause of our free press, and it is the honour of a lifetime to do so alongside extraordinary Americans like Daniel Ellsberg on FPF’s Board of Directors.
‘He is the quintessential American whistleblower, and a personal hero of mine,’ said FPF’s co-founder Daniel Ellsberg.
‘Leaks are the lifeblood of the republic and, for the first time, the American public has been given the chance to debate democratically the NSA’s mass surveillance programmes. Accountability journalism can’t be done without the courageous acts exemplified by Snowden, and we need more like him,’ he said.
Its founding board members include Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, John Cusack, Xeni Jardin, and John Perry Barlow.
The NSA revelations Snowden brought to light represent one of our generation’s greatest threats to press freedom.
‘The unconstitutional gathering of the communications records of everyone in America threatens our most basic rights, and the public should have a say in whether or not that continues,’ Snowden said in a statement issued through the Freedom of the Press Foundation, which was co-founded by Daniel Ellsberg in 2012.
Snowden said it is ‘tremendously humbling’ to be called to serve the cause of our free press, and it is the honour of a lifetime to do so alongside extraordinary Americans like Daniel Ellsberg on FPF’s Board of Directors.
‘He is the quintessential American whistleblower, and a personal hero of mine,’ said FPF’s co-founder Daniel Ellsberg.
‘Leaks are the lifeblood of the republic and, for the first time, the American public has been given the chance to debate democratically the NSA’s mass surveillance programmes. Accountability journalism can’t be done without the courageous acts exemplified by Snowden, and we need more like him,’ he said.
Its founding board members include Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Laura Poitras, John Cusack, Xeni Jardin, and John Perry Barlow.
The NSA revelations Snowden brought to light represent one of our generation’s greatest threats to press freedom.