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Sorry Snowden, Putin Lied to You About His Surveillance State—And Made You a Pawn of It

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In a staged encounter on Russian television, the NSA whistleblower asks Putin if the Kremlin’s surveillance is as bad as Washington’s. Putin, lying with a smile, says no.

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