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Richard Cheney: The problem I have with Snowden is he had access to classified information. He violated the conditions under which he…

On the recordOctober 28, 2013
The problem I have with Snowden is he had access to classified information. He violated the conditions under which he got those. He's a traitor. Pure and simple.

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Cheney criticizes Edward Snowden for leaking classified information and labels him a traitor.

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