I See Edward Snowden As Someone Who

My Activities, For Which I Gratefully Accept This Award, Are Today What They Have Been For Over Thirty-five Years And Will Be For The Rest Of My Life: To Counter Governmental Secrecy About The Nuclear Arms Race That Threatens The Survival Of Life On Earth; And To Help Build A World Movement That Will Prevent A First Use Since Nagasaki Of Nuclear Explosions, Prevent Or End Interventions That Could Lead To Such An Event, And Bring About A World Free Of Nuclear Weapons.

My Feelings Of Revulsion And Foreboding About Nuclear Weapons Had Not Changed An Iota Since 1945, And They Have Never Left Me. Since I Was 14, The Overriding Objective Of My Life Has Been To Prevent The Occurrence Of Nuclear War.

If There's Another 9/11 Or A Major War In The Middle-east Involving A U.s. Attack On Iran, I Have No Doubt That There Will Be, The Day After Or Within Days An Equivalent Of A Reichstag Fire Decree That Will Involve Massive Detentions In This Country.

It Is Time For The Rest Of The World To Join ... In Demanding That All The Nuclear Weapons States -including Israel, India And Pakistan, But Above All The Us And Russia - Negotiate Concrete Steps On A Definite Time-table Toward The Global, Inspected Abolition Of Nuclear Weapons.

Truth-telling To Congress And The Public Is Not Disloyal In America: It Is An Expression Of The Higher Loyalty Officials Owe To The Constitution, The Rule Of Law, And The Sovereign Public. It Is A Courageous, Patriotic, And Effective Way To Serve Our Country. The Time To Speak Out Is Now.