[Peace-discuss] Politico: Oliver Stone, stars push for Snowden asylum

[Robert Naiman]

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/edward-snowden-asylum-oliver-stone-93559.html

 *Oliver Stone, stars push for Snowden asylum*
 By: Patrick Gavin
June 28, 2013 10:50 AM EDT

Director Oliver Stone is joining with such notables as Noam Chomsky, Daniel
Ellsberg, former Ambassador Joe Wilson and Tom Hayden to encourage
Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa to grant Edward Snowden’s asylum request.

In a letter <http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/node/1421> posted on the Just
Foreign Policy website, the signatories pen a letter to Correa and write,
“Snowden’s disclosures have already done much to unveil the alarming scale
of U.S. government spying on its own citizens and on people around the
world.”

“They have revealed severe overreach by the U.S.’ National Security Agency
(NSA), which seeks to gather an overwhelming and invasive amount of
information on people within the United States. Snowden has also revealed
that the constant NSA surveillance also applies to millions of people
outside the U.S., whose phone calls, emails and other communications are
also indiscriminately targeted.”

The letter is also signed by some actors, including Danny Glover, Amber
Heard, Shia LaBeouf, John Cusack and Roseanne Barr.

The letter concludes by saying that “rather than pursue reforms that would
protect the rights of people in the U.S. and around the world, the Obama
administration again seeks to silence those who have brought these abuses
to light. These are actions of political repression, and you would be right
to grant Snowden political asylum.”

Just Foreign Policy describes itself as “an independent and nonpartisan
membership organization dedicated to reforming U.S. foreign policy by
mobilizing and organizing the broad majority of Americans who want a
foreign policy based on diplomacy, law and cooperation.”

-- 
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
www.justforeignpolicy.org
naiman at justforeignpolicy.org
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