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SNOWDEN ARTICLE BY SHARON NELSON AND JOHN SIMEK FEATURED IN THE OREGON STATE BAR BULLETIN
August 7, 2014
“Edward Snowden’s Impact: How Will NSA Revelations Affect the Legal Profession?” by Sharon Nelson and John Simek was featured in the July 2014 edition of the Oregon State Bar Bulletin.
“Perfectly normal people grow slightly lunatic when talking about Edward Snowden. Cries of treason were loud at the beginning. As time and revelations of NSA surveillance went on, more and more people used the word whistleblower rather than traitor, especially after seing his TV interview by NBC’s Brian Williams. In December, the NSA itself talked about amnesty for Snowden — nixed by the federal government, at least for now. He cannot do what so many want — give the documents back. Clearly, they are in the hands of journalists across the globe. Recent revelations have shaken lawyers, especially at large and global firms and it is clear we too will have to live in what one journalist called the “post-Snowden era.” So, let’s get to know him.”
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