Thank NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden
A whistleblower has boldly stepped forward to expose the National Security Agency's vast spying on our phone records and online communications.
Sign a thank-you note that will be delivered to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Help Get Bradley Manning the Nobel Peace Prize
Whistleblower Bradley Manning has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and he should receive it.
Please sign this petition to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, and we'll deliver your comments in Oslo.
Tell Congress: Defend Social Security or Else
Ban Weaponized Drones from the World
Meticulous researchers have documented that U.S. drones are killing many innocent civilians in Pakistan, Yemen and elsewhere. Drones are making the world less stable and creating new enemies. We're going to ban weaponized drones from the world.
Please add your name today, and urge everyone you know to do the same.
Budget Debate Needs an Intervention
The budget debate in Washington, D.C., is going nowhere good.
Here's an intervention in the form of a video from RootsAction.
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- David Brooks, Tom Friedman, Bill Keller Wish Snowden Had Just Followed OrdersEdward Snowden’s disclosures, the New York Times reported on Sunday, “have renewed a longstanding concern: that young Internet aficionados whose skills the agencies need for counterterrorism and cyberdefense sometimes bring an anti-authority spirit that does not fit the security bureaucracy.”
more - Clarity from Edward Snowden and Murky Response from Progressive Leaders in Congress
House Speaker John Boehner calls Edward Snowden a “traitor.” The chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, Dianne Feinstein, labels his brave whistleblowing “an act of treason.” What about the leadership of the Congressional Progressive Caucus?
more - Over 30,000 Sign Thank-You Note to Edward Snowden
Already over 30,000 people have signed a thank-you note to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden at SupportEdwardSnowden.org -- a website set up by RootsAction.org.
The note reads: "We thank Edward Snowden for his principled and courageous actions as a whistleblower, informing the public about vast surveillance by the National Security Agency that undermines our civil liberties."
A few of the thousands of comments added read as follows:
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