Washington Post Defends Controversial Snowden Editorial
After paper publishes leaks, Post calls for them to stop
The Washington Post’s editorial page editor is defending a controversial editorial on Edward Snowden that maintains the NSA contractor who leaked government surveillance secrets should surrender and that his leaks should be plugged—without ever noting that the paper itself published the leaks.
The editorial brought reaction like these:
The Washington Post editorial board wants the NSA leaks to stop, even though it doesn't know what horrors the Snowden trove may hold?
— Jack Shafer (@jackshafer) July 2, 2013
WashPost editorial page is reliably pro-govt on military/security (& often embarrasses itself).
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