Ron Paul: ‘Thankful’ for Snowden

Former Rep. Ron Paul of Texas praised NSA leaker Edward Snowden for his part in exposing how much information the government has been collecting from private citizens.

We should be thankful for individuals like Edward Snowden and Glenn Greenwald who see injustice being carried out by their own government and speak out, despite the risk, Paul said in a statement posted on the website of Campaign for Liberty, a nonprofit political organization which focuses on educating about constitutional issues, which he chairs. They have done a great service to the American people by exposing the truth about what our government is doing in secret.

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The government does not need to know more about what we are doing. We need to know more about what the government is doing, Paul added in obvious criticism of the Obama administration. The Fourth Amendment is clear; we should be secure in our persons, houses, papers, and effects, and all warrants must have probable cause. Today the government operates largely in secret, while seeking to know everything about our private lives without probable cause and without a warrant.

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Ron Paul: 'Thankful' for Snowden