The useless Speaker has spoken!
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Edward Snowden, the person who leaked information on secret data collection programs, is a "traitor," House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Tuesday.
Boehner's comment comes a few days after Snowden was revealed as the leaker behind the publication of secret telephone data and internet use collection program by intelligence agencies.
President Obama and top administration officials as well as a number of lawmakers have defended the programs as effective and essential for national security.
"He's a traitor," Boehner said of Snowden on ABC's Good Morning America. "The president outlined last week that these were important national security programs to help keep Americans safe, and give us tools to fight the terrorist threat that we face."
On Monday Senate Intelligence Committee Chairwoman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Snowden leaking the information was treason.
"I don't look at this as being a whistelblower. I think it's an act of treason," Feinstein said.
Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefi...#ixzz2VuQePPAP
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