Is Snowden the New Ellsberg?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 11, 2013

Adam Cohen, legal columnist for Time Magazine and lecturer at Yale Law School, breaks down the legal options for NSA document leaker Edward Snowden, and discusses how closely he should be compared to Daniel Ellsberg.

Reading List: Snowden, Ellsberg, Whistleblowing, and More

Adam Cohen (Time): Edward Snowden: A Modern-Day Daniel Ellsberg, Except for One Key Difference
John Cassidy (New Yorker): Edward Snowden is a Hero
Jeffrey Toobin (New Yorker): Edward Snowden is No Hero
Daniel Ellsberg (Guardian): Edward Snowden is Saving the Constitution

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