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NSA leaker Snowden performed ‘public service,’ Holder says

NSA leaker Snowden performed ‘public service,’ Holder says

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden performed a "public service" by stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs when he released top-secret national security information, but he should still return to the U.S. to stand trial, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a podcast released on Monday. As a National Security Agency contractor, Snowden leaked classified details in 2013 of the U.S. government's warrantless surveillance techniques aimed at detecting potenti

WASHINGTON (AP) — Edward Snowden performed a "public service" by stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs when he released top-secret national security information, but he should still return to the U.S. to stand trial, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a podcast released on Monday. As a National Security Agency contractor, Snowden leaked classified details in 2013 of the U.S. government's warrantless surveillance techniques aimed at detecting potenti…