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Jimmy Dorshow, cue from the CBC, the Young Turks, on the media, and common sense

with Dan Carlin. And just a quick thought that from down here that for the

amendment of yours is looking a bit like a fig leaf that's fraying at the edges.

You might want to look into getting that fixed.

What is Edward Snowden's crime? That was basically the debate held on the June

1st episode of NBC's Meet the Press. guest-newt Gingrich said Snowden was a

traitor who ended up eating and abetting the enemy. On the other side of the

debate was hawkish former Democratic representative Jane Harmon who said

labeling the NSA whistleblower a traitor before he's convicted was unfair but

then offered a view not far removed from Gingrich's saying that Snowden wasn't

a whistleblower and had leaked our technology playbook. And that really

compromises us.

Host David Gregory then played tape of defense secretary Chuck Hagel saying Snowden

had indisputably damaged the security of the United States. Gingrich echoed

Hagel saying Snowden threatened the very fabric of our national security.

Harmon offered a variation arguing that Snowden should cut a deal and serve

prison time. The Meet the Press debate came on the heels of a nightly news

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