EU vote to shield Edward Snowden makes sense: #tellusatoday

European Union lawmakers passed a resolution asking their nations to protect Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker. Comments from Twitter are edited for clarity and grammar:

EU nations should protect Edward Snowden. I believe doing so would continue moving toward better privacy protection for people.

— @sergioDACED

The fact that Snowden is accepted by the EU shows that the EU lacks values.

— @eantolini1

Every person who stands for the people without regard for himself or herself should be protected from the government.

— @JOHNTFALVEYSR2

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Comments from Facebook are edited for clarity and grammar:

Lack of transparency is detrimental to a properly functioning democratic society. The federal government has been trying to erode the protections in the Constitution for years. It marks material as classified to protect itself.

It’s not surprising that Europe decided to protect Edward Snowden after he revealed the USA has been spying on its biggest allies.

— Alex Wymore

The man is a traitor and should be treated as such. There were other ways of bringing these issues to light than just releasing everything, which compromised intelligence gathering and endangered the lives of defense personnel. He is no hero at all.

— Dennis R Markos

Snowden is hated by enough Americans that if he returned to the USA, his life would be in jeopardy. Why would he want to return to live behind closed doors?

— Lisa Moore

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