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2. Snowden will be called a defector. Peter King, Chairman of the United States House Committee on Homeland Security and member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence did exactly that on CNN on Sunday.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/10/king-defecto...

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Ahhh, yes. Peter "There Are Too Many Mosques In This Country" King. I'm sure his opinion has a profound effect on how NSA is managed by the administration.

Wait, since when was the point of smearing the leaker to affect how the NSA is managed? The problem is such smears, when made by politicians, are broadcast and reported upon nationally and end up diluting/derailing the important dialogue about the contents and implications of the leaked material itself.

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