When a crooked politician calls me traitor, ask yourself: who did I betray? The courts have ruled repeatedly that the programs I revealed were unlawful, and likely unconstitutional—a violation of your rights. If this is treason, what they call loyalty is a crime.

It's quite simple, Senator: if you're more upset at the whistleblower than you are at the lawbreaking they revealed, you're not in a position to be questioning anybody's judgment.

.@TulsiGabbard was grilled at her confirmation hearing for refusing to call Edward Snowden a traitor. I think she's right. After researching how Snowden revealed America’s deceit about spying, I conclude that what he did was mostly heroic. You decide. Here's my FULL interview:

In the most unhinged exchange from yesterday's hearing, @SenatorBennet demanded that Tulsi Gabbard denounce Snowden as a traitor and berated her for questioning Washington's consensus on the Ukraine war. @ggreenwald on Sen. Bennet's revealing meltdown:

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"Her sin is that she told the truth about the government spying on Americans, and for that she is getting absolutely persecuted."

Credit to @TulsiGabbard for holding the line when pressed in several exchanges. Her previous written statement on FISA 702 was bad, but she seemed to be hedging more today—in a good way. It’s simple: If the government seeks to search Americans’ communications, GET A WARRANT.

Embarrassing that Democrats are leading the charge on smearing @Snowden, instead of pushing for his pardon. NSA mass phone surveillance ruled illegal, countless reforms enacted because of him. A court just ruled 702 surveillance violated the 4th Amendment last week!

I’m a longstanding critic of Gabbard but Edward Snowden isn’t a traitor and deserved a pardon and a return home to the US for exposing NSA crimes.

pardon @Snowden & Assange

The Senate Intel Committee spent nearly the entirety of its session today furiously demanding that DNI nominee Gabbard condemn me personally, a position now opposed by something like 94% of Americans. Courts have been ruling for ten years that NSA broke the law, guys. Move on.

Senator Young read this tweet then said he agreed with Snowden that Tulsi should say this. I think that makes it clear everyone involved in these hearings, but especially the Senators, recognize its all performative theatrics meant for self-serving video clips

A Democrat Senator just tried to bait Tulsi Gabbard into condemning Edward Snowden, but she did NOT bite. Senator: "Do you still think Edward Snowden is brave?" Gabbard: "Edward Snowden broke the law... But he also released information that exposed egregious, illegal, and unconstitutional programs that are happening within our government that led to serious reforms that Congress undertook." She handled that masterfully.

The number one religion of the Washington Establishment is protecting the US Security State from all inquiry and criticism. They aren't angry that these agencies broke the law when spying on Americans. They're only angry at the person who exposed it:

Exactly: Snowden could have sold that archive. He could have secretly passed it to America's enemies. He could have dumped it all on the internet. He did none of that: he brought it to American journalists and asked that only the parts in the public interest be reported.

When a crooked politician calls me traitor, ask yourself: who did I betray? The courts have ruled repeatedly that the programs I revealed were unlawful, and likely unconstitutional—a violation of your rights. If this is treason, what they call loyalty is a crime.

BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard: “Edward Snowden broke the law... But he also released information that exposed egregious, illegal, and unconstitutional programs that are happening within our government that led to serious reforms that Congress undertook.”

This is the first issue Senate Democrats invoked to attack Tulsi, and it -- along with her opposition to warrantless eavesdropping on Americans -- are their two primary lines of opposition to her nomination. Says it all.

Warner claims that Snowden "fled to Russia." No, the Obama admin cancelled his passport as he was seeking asylum elsewhere, forcing him to stay in Russia while in transit there. If Warner doesn't like that Snowden got stranded in Russia, he should take it up with the Obama admin.

Tulsi Gabbard will be required to disown all prior support for whistleblowers as a condition of confirmation today. I encourage her to do so. Tell them I harmed national security and the sweet, soft feelings of staff. In D.C., that's what passes for the pledge of allegiance.

I spoke at the NEAR Redacted conference in Bangkok, and they were kind enough to put the session online. You can watch it here: piped.video/watch?v=VCfTLQo5…