‘Shrill Brigade’ is right about no pardon for Edward Snowden

By Bradley Moss

Published January 6, 2014 5:00am ET

‘Shrill Brigade’ is right about no pardon for Edward Snowden — New America concluded that the NSA's phone record collection program "has had no discernible impact on preventing acts of terrorism." (Photo: Thinkstock) | scyther5

It’s a heady time for defenders of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.

In the closing days of 2013, the NSA’s surveillance program took two huge perceived hits, first in a preliminary ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon and later from President Obama‘s Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies.