[LINK] Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

[Jan Whitaker]

At 02:22 PM 30/01/2014, Frank O'Connor wrote:
>That said, I'm not holding my breath until its awarded. The Nobel 
>Committee has a distressing history of supporting the 'powers that 
>be' for a body that's supposed to recognise individual achievements, 
>and in the case of this award, recipients who actually make a 
>difference in the pursuit of peace.

They were also badly burnt by giving it to Obama before he'd had a 
record to deserve it, and hasn't exactly shown he was deserving 
afterwards either. I'll bet they're a bit more careful now. And I was 
and sort of still am an Obama supporter versus the choices on the 
other side of the ledger.

Jan



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