14-02-15 US: RootsAction for Snowden

Tell President Obama and Attorney General Holder: Hands off Snowden! Tell Secretary of State Kerry: Restore Snowden's Passport! Today we’re giving a major boost to a pair of petitions in support of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.Please add your name to one or both. Click here to tell Secretary of State Kerry: Give Snowden back his passport! Click here to tell the Obama administration: Hands off Snowden! RootsAction is getting ready to publicly deliver these petitions to officials in Washington. The more signers, the greater the impact -- as we reach out to news media everywhere. Truth must be told: Edward Snowden’s “crime” was to educate Americans and the world about the dangerous growth of the U.S. surveillance state. Last summer -- after Snowden released documents on the NSA’s mass surveillance programs -- the State Department suddenly revoked his passport in an effort to prevent him from reaching any country willing to grant political asylum. Snowden didn’t get the due process he deserves. Freedom to travel requires a passport. It’s a basic principle. Tell Kerry to reinstate Edward Snowden’s passport now. But returning Snowden’s passport isn’t enough. The U.S. government should make an ironclad commitment to fully respect his legal rights to seek political asylum. You can send a clear message that insists the U.S. government must not engage in any abduction or other foul play against Snowden. Your name can go on this petition right now:Mr. President, Hands Off Edward Snowden! You can also help by forwarding this email to people you know who care about civil liberties. Thank you! -- The RootsAction.org team P.S. RootsAction is an independent online force endorsed by Jim Hightower, Barbara Ehrenreich, Cornel West, Daniel Ellsberg, Glenn Greenwald, Naomi Klein, Bill Fletcher Jr., Laura Flanders, former U.S. Senator James Abourezk, Coleen Rowley, Frances Fox Piven, and many others. P.P.S. This work is only possible with your financial support. Please donate. Background: Reuters: U.S. Revokes Snowden's Passport Universal Declaration of Human Rights Washington Post: NSA Collects Millions of Address Books Ray McGovern: Snowden Accepts Whistleblower Award www.RootsAction.org