Rand Paul is pictured. | AP Photo Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul on Sunday went to bat for NSA leaker Edward Snowden – and took a swing at Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. “I don’t think Edward Snowden deserves the death penalty or life in prison, I think that’s inappropriate, I think that’s why he fled, is that’s what he faced,” Paul, a possible 2016 contender for the Republican presidential nomination, said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Do I think it’s OK to leak secrets and give up national security [information] that endangers lives? I don’t think that’s OK, either. But […]

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