NY Times Editor: ‘Anybody’s Guess’ if Obama Will Listen to Snowden Editorial
New York Times Public Editor Margaret Sullivan talked to Editorial Editor Andrew Rosenthal about this morning’s editorial calling for the Obama administration to moderate the charges against NSA leaker Edward Snowden in an effort to bring him home from Russia.
Rosenthal, who did not write the piece but oversaw its formation, said the editorial had been under discussion for weeks, but that recent court decisions declaring parts of the National Security Agency’s surveillance measures unconstitutional had formed a “critical mass” around the subject, necessitating commentary.
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Rosenthal said it was “anybody’s guess” as to whether President Obama will consider the Times’ advice. “We have been very disappointed with him on these issues,” he said, though he noted that “conservatives should be the most outraged” over Snowden’s treatment, given that the surveillance state would seem to represent the overreaching government they normally criticize.
[h/t NY Times]
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