Former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Tex.) told FOX Business Network that he fears the U.S. government may try to assassinate the whistleblower who leaked information about National Security Administration surveillance programs to the media. <\/p>\n
In an interview with FOX Business on Tuesday, Paul said he was worried that someone within the U.S. government might try to use a missile to kill Edward Snowden, the 29-year-old who has been the source of information about two top secret NSA programs. <\/p>\n
Im worried about somebody in our government might kill him with a cruise missile or a drone missile, Paul said. I mean we live in a bad time where American citizens dont even have rights and that they can be killed, but the gentlemen is trying to tell the truth about whats going on. <\/p>\n
Paul, father of Kentucky senator Rand Paul (R), also dismissed suggestions that Snowden may defect to a foreign nation such as Russia: <\/p>\n
He's not defecting, there are no signs of that happening, he said. Its a shame that we are in an age where people who tell the truth about what the government is doing gets into trouble...No, I don't think for a minute that he's a traitor. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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