

Sohn issued a bizarre rant on Public Knowledge’s website against a New York Times editorial by the U2 lead singer Bono, which proposed that rigorous enforcement of copyright laws would incentivize global creativity.

Sohn is the co-founder and President of Public Knowledge, a non-profit organization dedicated to undermining America’s historic protection of intellectual property rights in the interests of allowing other nations to exploit and profit from U.S. In addition to her affiliation with EFF, Ms. Lionizing a traitor like Snowden only plays into Putin’s hands. Edward Snowden is a criminal living in a hidden location in Russia under the protection of Vladimir Putin, who exploits his treachery against America as a part of Russia’s toolkit to undermine the very fabric of the United States. The EFF has this backward: Whistleblowers are courageous citizens exposing malfeasance and corruption who merit the protection of the American legal and justice system. For his part, Snowden displayed an “EFF” sticker on his laptop case from his safe harbor in Russia when EFF gave him a platform to share his views, in what they disingenuously termed a “fireside chat” with an “NSA Whistleblower.” Sohn - their Pioneer Award, the ostensible purpose of which is to recognize “leaders on the electronic frontier who are extending freedom and innovation in the realm of information technology,” but in practice lionizes anti-American leakers. EFF has given Snowden and Manning - and Ms. EFF urged for the Manning pardon -even filing a court brief in her support - and continues to advocate for a Snowden pardon. EFF has a long history of supporting leakers of classified information, including Snowden and Manning.

Sohn’s nomination is considered because she serves as a board member and champion of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), which has been outspokenly supportive of her nomination. The Snowden and Manning leaks should be front and center again as Ms. The senior-most military leaders in our country - serving under Presidents from both parties - have testified as much to the U.S. Unauthorized release of classified information is a federal crime in the United States, and over the last decade, two significant leaks of government information carried out by NSA contractor Edward Snowden and Army private Chelsea Manning have directly undermined the safety of the American people as sensitive information enabled our adversaries to target U.S.
