Whistleblowing

Snowden hits back at Clinton

National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward says Hillary Clinton is wrong to claim he could have come out under whistleblower protection laws.

"Sad to see Hillary repeat a false claim despite fact check. She could develop a reputation," he tweeted on Friday.

Clinton claimed at the first Democratic primary debate that Snowden would have been protected if he had gone through the appropriate channels to reveal improper government practices.

But Snowden pointed to a PolitiFact statement rated "True" that says the Obama administration has prosecuted more whistleblowers than all previous presidential administrations combined.