Whistleblower Edward Snowden's Dad Speaks Out! Preview Eric Bolling's Exclusive Interview

◼ Tune in to 'The Five' tonight for the FULL interview! - FOX

In an exclusive interview with Lonnie Snowden, the father of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, Fox News' Eric Bolling found out what his message would be for his son - wherever in the world he may be. He also got some insight on the background of the 29-year-old Snowden, a man who is now on the run after revealing NSA overreach in which the agency compiled information on the communications of millions of American citizens.

◼ "I'm here because I'm really concerned about the misinformation in the media," Lon Snowden told Bolling.wden-father-edward-snowden-gives-interview-fox-news-eric-bolling-about-medias#ixzz2WV962oV8

When asked what, exactly, he believes has been misconstrued, he said, "Every place you read is 'high school dropout, high school dropout, high school dropout' ... The fact is, is that Ed had an illness at the beginning of his sophomore year when his mother and I were going through a divorce ... they believed that it was mono. I believe it was diagnosed as mono, but he missed approximately four or five months of school. So, he was gonna fall behind. And he asked if he could try to test into a program at the local community college ... And, you know, there was some disagreement on whether he should do that. The bottom line is he did, and he completed his high school equivalency in advance of when he would have graduated from high school, and then continued taking college courses."

◼ SNOWDEN: The Truth Is Coming, And The Government Can't Stop It By Murdering Me - Business Insider

◼ Edward Snowden Q and A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions - The Guardian

Question:

Ryan Latvaitis 17 June 2013 2:34pm
What would you say to others who are in a position to leak classified information that could improve public understanding of the intelligence apparatus of the USA and its effect on civil liberties?

What evidence do you have that refutes the assertion that the NSA is unable to listen to the content of telephone calls without an explicit and defined court order from FISC?

Answer:

This country is worth dying for.

◼ Edward Snowden vows more disclosures about U.S. surveillance - LA Times

Defiant and apparently unbowed by threats of prosecution, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden vowed Monday to release more secrets about U.S. intelligence surveillance systems that he described as "nakedly, aggressively criminal."

Snowden, who has been hiding in Hong Kong, said NSA analysts routinely obtain emails and other Internet communications of Americans as part of the cyber-spying agency's surveillance of global telecommunications and Web traffic.

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