Snowden Nominated For Freedom of Thought Prize 212
First time accepted submitter DigitalKhaos23 writes "Snowden is a candidate for the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, named after Soviet scientist and dissident Andrei Sakharov, which honors people or organizations for their work in the defense of human rights and freedom of thought. The article adds: 'Edward Snowden risked his life to confirm what we had long suspected regarding mass online surveillance, a major scandal of our times. He revealed details of violations of EU data protection law and fundamental rights.'"
George W just got nominated (Score:2, Funny)
for The Freedom from Thought Prize. He has to pick it up at the Hague. He gets three for two if he brings Cheney and Rumsfeld along.
Re:And thats why, my fellow americans (Score:2, Funny)
We must liberate Europe of its harboring terrorists leaders
The grass isn't any greener over here so yes please take all our politicians but don't you dare bring any of your own.
Irony? (Score:5, Funny)
I thought the prizes were goldy or bronzy---not irony.