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Eugene

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Wed Feb 25, 2015, 07:30 AM Feb 2015

Hillary Clinton: people felt betrayed by NSA surveillance

Source: The Guardian

Hillary Clinton: people felt betrayed by NSA surveillance

Rory Carroll Los Angeles
Wednesday 25 February 2015 01.50 GMT

Hillary Clinton has softened her criticism of Edward Snowden and said that people felt betrayed by the National Security Agency’s mass surveillance programmes.

The former secretary of state dialled down her previous rhetoric about the whistleblower and hardened her tone towards the NSA while addressing a conference on women in Silicon Valley.

The presumptive Democratic frontrunner for the 2016 presidential race also endorsed the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) plan for net neutrality regulations, aligning herself with those who believe information and services should have a level playing field online.

Clinton made the comments in a question and answer session following a keynote address to technology executives at the “Lead On” conference in Santa Clara, organised by Watermark.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/25/hillary-clinton-people-betrayed-nsa-surveillance-edward-snowden
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Hillary Clinton: people felt betrayed by NSA surveillance (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2015 OP
Feel my dear, feel. Fearless Feb 2015 #1
beat me to it.... pipoman Feb 2015 #2
I feel your pain ? jakeXT Feb 2015 #3
Yeah, no real betrayal, just those sanctimonious feelings again. Scuba Feb 2015 #4
Maybe someone brought up the Erich Bloodaxe BSN Feb 2015 #5
Could be a signal she will support the Ending Secret Law Act. joshcryer Feb 2015 #6

Erich Bloodaxe BSN

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5. Maybe someone brought up the
Wed Feb 25, 2015, 09:28 AM
Feb 2015

stalking and nude photo pass-arounds among NSA contractors, since she was speaking to women.

It would be hard for her to claim to be pro-woman and still defend the NSA completely when the only documented 'abuses' admitted to were directly aimed at women.

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