Rep. Peter King sees Red over Pulitzers Honoring Snowden, Journalists covering NSA

Juan Cole 04/15/2014

(By Michael Masnick)

Pulitzers Make Rep. Peter King Mad (via Techdirt)

Rep. Peter King has made it clear that he will stop at nothing to attack anyone who thinks Ed Snowden did something useful. He was one of the first to call for the reporters who revealed the NSA’s surveillance to be prosecuted and has no qualms about…

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About the Author

Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.