CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin: ‘I’d Almost Arrest Glenn Greenwald’ Over Snowden Debacle

CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin began the day on Squawkbox Monday by making suggestions that the U.S. should detain The Guardian’s Glenn Greenwald. During a discussion about the whereabouts of Edward Snowden, Sorkin said that on top of apprehending the NSA leaker, he’d also “almost arrest” Greenwald if he had the chance.

Sorkin presented the news that Edcuador is considering giving asylum to Snowden now that he faces espionage charges for the classified information he revealed about the NSA’s surveillance programs. Summing up his own personal feelings about the story, Sorkin said, “I feel like, A, we’ve screwed this up, even letting him get to Russia. B, clearly the Chinese hate us to even let him out of the country.”

“I would arrest him,” Sorkin continued, referring to Snowden, “and now I would almost arrest Glenn Greenwald, who’s the journalist who seems to want to help him get to Ecuador.”

A back and forth between Sorkin and Greenwald quickly ensued on Twitter:

Later, Greenwald continued to mock Sorkin’s assertions.

In a subsequent interview with The Washington Post‘s Erik Wemple, Greenwald lumped Sorkin in with Meet The Press host David Gregory as “servants to political power” who resent anyone who is not part of their “incestuous media circles.”

Watch video below, via CNBC:

(h/t TPM)

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