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Glenn Beck and Michael Moore Call NSA Whistleblower a "Hero"

Edward Snowden picking up support from the left and the right

Reason Staff | 6.11.2013 7:16 AM

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Conservative television host Glenn Beck and filmmaker Michael Moore don't often agree on much, but after Edward Snowden revealed himself to be the National Security Agency contractor who leaked information about government monitoring, they both took to Twitter to praise the 29-year-old, calling him a "hero."

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