#Snowden would be better off in Brazil, says Ellsberg | ZDNet
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Daniel Ellsberg, a former military analyst who leaked the secret US government study of the Vietnam War to the press in 1971, told Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo that Dilma Rousseff’s government should support the whistleblower responsible for the biggest leak in modern US history.
“He made a great sacrifice. Snowden is in danger of death anywhere, maybe less in Russia, but I think he would be in a more democratic and open place,” Ellsberg told the newspaper.
When asked whether Brazil would risk retaliation from the US by agreeing to help Snowden, Ellsberg agreed that antagonizing the richest and most powerful country in the world would not be an easy decision to make.
“Brazil could face sanctions. But no country has the right to fully spy on private communications of citizens around the world,” the activist added.