Snowden: ‘I Saw The Constitution Was Violated On A Massive Scale’

Edward Snowden spoke via satellite to the South by Southwest Conference in Austin telling the crowd that the U.S. government has no idea what material he shared with journalists.

“I saw that the Constitution was violated on a massive scale,” Snowden said to applause, adding that his revelations of government spying on private communications have resulted in protections that have benefited the public and global society…

“The government has gone and changed their talking points. They have changed their verbiage away from public interest to national interest,” he said, adding that this poses the risk of losing control of representative democracy.

To many in government and at the National Security Agency, Snowden is a traitor who compromised the security of the United States. But for many at the conference he is a hero who protected privacy and civil liberties.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.