Representative Rohrabacher on Snowden Asylum

Representative Dana*Rohrabacher (R-CA), chair of the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats,*talked by remote video from Irvine, California, about issues involving Russia.*He said that it was imperative for the U.S. to have good relations with Russia and said the U.S. government, was over-reacting to the Russian government granting a one-year asylum to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. He criticized the characterization of Mr. Snowden as a traitor, saying he acted for the good of the American people.

This was a brief portion of the interview. close