This month, US courts ruled that the government& #39;s massive spying program was ILLEGAL, vindicating @Snowden for blowing the whistle on the government’s crimes. So why is this hero still exiled and living in fear of prosecution?

#PardonSnowden

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When Congress called on the Director of National Intelligence to testify about this secret spying program, he LIED under oath.

@Snowden was forced to live in exile for telling the truth; no government official was punished for spying OR lying.

4/12 https://www.businessinsider.com/james-clapper-lied-congress-nsa-surveillance-collection-spying-2013-7">https://www.businessinsider.com/james-cla...
Intelligence agencies routinely requested unauthorized data from cell phone and Internet service providers, illegally collecting HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of records.

HUNDREDS.

OF.

MILLIONS.

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This summer, millions of people across America have taken to the streets to protest police violence and racial injustice.

Guess what? The government has been spying on them, too … and LYING about Black political activists being terrorists.

8/12 https://theintercept.com/2019/04/08/black-protesters-terrorism-threat-isis/">https://theintercept.com/2019/04/0...
Unfortunately, a different US court recently decided to make it EASIER for the NSA and FBI to conduct surveillance on everyone in America ... despite the fact that the NSA and FBI routinely break their own rules for spying on Americans.

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To keep the government from spying on us, we need our members of Congress to STOP renewing the PATRIOT Act and other dangerous laws.

Some lawmakers like @AOC are willing to fight mass surveillance. But other lawmakers need to be convinced.

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Don’t let the government spy on your phone calls, emails, and other electronic communications. Sign the petition at http://www.stopthepatriotact.org"> http://www.stopthepatriotact.org  to tell your lawmakers to reject the PATRIOT Act and keep us all safe from illegal government surveillance.

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