“The Senate Intel Committee spent nearly the entirety of its session today furiously demanding that DNI nominee Gabbard condemn me personally, a position now opposed by something like 94% of Americans,” wrote Edward Snowden as Tusli Gabbard’s confirmation hearing concluded. “Courts have been ruling for ten years that the NSA broke the law, guys. Move on.”
A few hours before the hearing began, Snowden posted this message: “Tulsi Gabbard will be required to disown all prior support for whistleblowers as a condition of confirmation today. I encourage her to do so. Tell them I harmed national security and the sweet, soft feelings of staff. In D.C., that’s what passes for the pledge of allegiance.”