{"id":15934,"date":"2014-04-14T19:45:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T23:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.opensource.im\/?p=15934"},"modified":"2014-04-14T19:45:14","modified_gmt":"2014-04-14T23:45:14","slug":"snowden-says-papers-pulitzer-prizes-are-vindication-that-nsa-leaks-were-right-thing-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/edward-snowden\/snowden-says-papers-pulitzer-prizes-are-vindication-that-nsa-leaks-were-right-thing-to-do.php","title":{"rendered":"Snowden says papers&#8217; Pulitzer Prizes are vindication that NSA leaks were right thing to do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>    NEW YORK  National    Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says giving the Pulitzer    Prize for Public Service to those who reported on the U.S.    government's sweeping surveillance efforts is \"vindication.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    Snowden issued a statement Monday through the Freedom of the    Press Foundation congratulating The Washington Post and The    Guardian on their awards for stories based on documents he    provided. He became a board member of the nonprofit    organization earlier this year.  <\/p>\n<p>    Snowden says awarding the top prize in U.S. journalism to his    colleagues is \"a vindication for everyone who believes that the    public has a role in government.\"  <\/p>\n<p>    He adds that the reporters he worked with faced \"extraordinary    intimidation\" and other pressure to get them to stop reporting.  <\/p>\n<p>    Snowden added: \"Their work has given us a better future and a    more accountable democracy.\"  <\/p>\n<p><!-- Auto Generated --><\/p>\n<p>Read the original:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2014\/04\/14\/snowden-says-papers-pulitzer-prizes-are-vindication-that-nsa-leaks-were-right\/\/RS=^ADAJApAyQPImpSFqKgQTeF4BN5z24U-\" title=\"Snowden says papers' Pulitzer Prizes are vindication that NSA leaks were right thing to do\">Snowden says papers' Pulitzer Prizes are vindication that NSA leaks were right thing to do<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> NEW YORK National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says giving the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service to those who reported on the U.S. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edward-snowden"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15934"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euvolution.com\/open-source-convergence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}