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The work of a generation is beginning here, with your hearings, and you have the full measure of my gratitude and support.

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Edward Snowden
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: June 21
Computer Scientist
Dissident
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System Administrator
Whistleblower
Elizabeth City
North Carolina
Edward Joseph Snowden
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People in both parties from the congressional intelligence committees - all these co-opted officials who play cheerleader for spy agencies - go on these Sunday shows and they say: Snowden was a traitor. He works against Americans. He works for the Chinese. Oh, wait, he left Hong Kong - he works for the Russians.
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