text: [{"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "\u2018Snowden is whistleblower, not traitor\u2019 \u2013 US lawmaker"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Amash, R-Mich., acknowledged that Congress was aware that US intelligence agents could gather information on Americans under the post-9/11 Patriot Act but not to the extent Snowden revealed this spring."}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "\u201cMembers of Congress were not really aware ... about what these programs were being used for, the extent to which they were being used,\u201d Amash told \u201cFox News Sunday. \u201cHe\u2019s a whistle-blower. He told us what we need to know.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000006", "text": "Pressed by host Chris Wallace on whether Snowden was a whistleblower or, as critics have suggested, a traitor, Amash replied with the former."}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "\u201cHe may be doing things overseas that we would find problematic, that we would find dangerous,\u201d Amash said. \u201cWe\u2019ll find those facts out over time, but as far as Congress is concerned, sure, he\u2019s a whistleblower. He told us what we needed to know.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000008", "text": "\u201cWe\u2019ll find those facts out over time, but as far as Congress is concerned, sure, he\u2019s a whistleblower. He told us what we needed to know\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000009", "text": "Official federal whistle-blower status protects from retaliation those who work for the US government and who report alleged misconduct."}, {"text_idx": "#000010", "text": "Republicans and others in Congress continue to weigh whether to continue to authorize such spying to protect Americans, while also trying to preserve their privacy."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Amash\u2019s statement follows two recent Quinnipiac University polls that show 55 percent of Americans think Snowden is a whistle-blower, not a traitor."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Amash, a strong critic of the NSA program, contested the notion that Congress had adequate knowledge and oversight of the program."}, {"text_idx": "#000025", "text": "Dhaabbanni Itiyoo-telekoom olaantummaa dhalattoota saba tokkoo qofaan kan dhuunftameedha"}]