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Wikileaks Julian Assange Responds To Obama's Press Conference On America's Global Surveillance Program
Today (August 9, 2013) the President of the United States validated Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America’s global surveillance program. But rather than thank Edward Snowden, the President laughably attempted to criticize him while claiming that there was a plan all along, “before Edward Snowden.” Edward Snowden The simple fact is that without Snowden’s disclosures, no one would know about the programs and no reforms could take place. As Thomas Jefferson so eloquently once stated, “All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Luckily for the citizens of the world, Edward Snowden is one of those “people of good conscience” who did not “remain silent”, just as Pfc Bradley Manning and Daniel Ellsberg refused to remain silent. Ironically, the Department of Justice is betraying two key principles that President Obama championed when he ran for office transparency and protection for whistleblowers.
Incredible Giant Maya Carvings Found in Guatemala (Video & Photos)
By Susan Duclos Archaeologists have found a "once in a lifetime" discovery in northeastern Guatemala. The carvings depic rulers and the gods, some decorated in jade. It is described as a well-preserved 26-by-8-feet frieze buried beneath a temple in Holmul. Approximately 200 years later a pyramid was built on top of the frieze.
