Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras Win Truth-Telling Award 123
An anonymous reader writes with news that Snowden has received the Ridenhour Truth-Telling award. From the announcement: "We have selected Edward Snowden and Laura Poitras for their work in exposing the NSA's illegal and unconstitutional bulk collection of the communications of millions of people living in the United States. Their act of courage was undertaken at great personal risk and has sparked a critical and transformative debate about mass surveillance in a country where privacy is considered a constitutional right."
The award will be presented at the National Press Club. It is hoped that Snowden and Poitras will be able to appear remotely (Poitras is in effective exile in Berlin). In related news, the ACLU has indexed all publicly released documented leaked by Snowden. You can even full-text search them.
To tell the truth (Score:2, Funny)
My beard, forsooth
Craveth proper soap
E'er since me youth
Burma Shave
How ironic (Score:2, Funny)
... that someone who lied and manipulated people is given a 'truth telling' award.
I guess it's OK to lie when you are getting what you want because the voices in your head are telling you it's the right thing to do.