Claim: "Under the Espionage Act,  allowed to come into court and say 'I was justified in disclosing this information.' There is no whistleblower exception in the Espionage Act."
Fact-check: Greenwald: NSA leaker Snowden has no whistleblower protection
Verdict: mostly-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Jon Greenberg
Date published: 2014-01-07T00:00:00