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CNN Deletes Edward Snowden Spy tweet

Would Edward Snowden spy? This morning, CNN deleted a tweet saying he would for Brazil after Glenn Greenwald complained.

The original tweet read, according to Mediaite: “Edward Snowden offers to spy on the US & help Brazil investigate NSA surveillance cnn.it/1gDquSb”

Glenn Greenwald, the journalist who has broken stories about NSA surveillance based on Snowden’s leaked documents, slammed CNN for the tweet, Mediaite noted. Greenwald, who was a columnist for The Guardian and is joining eBay founder Pierre Omidyar’s new journalism organization, called the tweet “remarkably reckless and false.”

 

  Greenwald responded to the deletion:  

Hat Tip: Ashley Harrell