“Today the President of the United States validated Edward Snowden’s role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America’s global surveillance program,” WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange said in a statement.
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/316499-wikileaks-founder-obama-surveillance-changes-vindicate-edward-snowden#ixzz2bcIg8oDb