Texas senator Ted Cruz now says Edward Snowden is a “traitor” who should be “tried for treason.” Cruz told the New York Times in a statement his current view on the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked the details of a classified surveillance program.

” It is now clear that Snowden is a traitor, and he should be tried for treason,” he said, according to the Times.

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