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The online privacy debate has been shattered by revelations that the US is spying on everything people say, email and browse.

Just as the Assange saga consumes too much of Alex Gibney's film, so today's Snowden obsession deflects attention away from our sprawling surveillance state.

Afghan forces have taken over the lead from the U.S.-led NATO coalition for security nationwide, President Hamid Karzai announced in a significant milestone in the 12-year war.

People carrying mobile phones walk past a banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former contractor at the National Security Agency , at Hong Kong's financial Central district, June 18, 2013.

CAPTIVITY: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino at Ecuador's embassy in central London.

Before jumping to conclusions about Snowden's motives and masters, let's look at our history with smearing whistleblowers, writes Kirsten Powers.

In this June 25, 2012, file photo, Army Pfc. Bradley Manning is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., after a pretrial hearing.

Numerous stipulations of testimony are expected in military court at Fort Meade during the seventh day of Pfc.

The soldier accused of the largest release of classified data in U.S. history provided WikiLeaks with secret details of prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, threatening "serious" damage to national security, the prison's former commander testified on Monday.

Edward Snowden's leak of top-secret information on the NSA was undoubtedly an act of extreme bravery, which has already brought more transparency to our government.

Majid has been a member of The Independent's online editorial team since December 2007.

Despite being holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy for a year, the Wikileaks founder's future is no clearer after talks stall.

Stone went on to praise WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and Bradley Manning, and condemned President Barack Obama's administration its prosecution of whistleblowers.

David Cameron has refused to comment on reports that GCHQ - Britain's electronic eavesdropping agency - mounted an intensive spying operation on foreign politicians attending two G20 summit meetings in London in 2009.

A supporter holds a picture of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret information about U.S. surveillance programs, outside the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong Thursday, June 13, 2013.

It is an odd sight: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wearing a jacket and tie, but no shoes.

Lawrence Powell, Guest Columnist "You can complain about Big Brother and how this is a potential programme run amok, but when you actually look at the details, then I think we've struck the right balance."

LONDON: Being cooped up in a building for nearly a year has started to take a toll on Julian Assange's health.

WASHINGTON , June 15, 2015 Journalist Chase Madar of The Nation, is a civil rights attorney in New York and the author of The Passion of Bradley Manning: The Story behind the Wikileaks Whistleblower .

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