The Daily Beast. George's Bottom Line. Talking Points Memo | Talking Points Memo | Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post. CitizenJanePolitics. The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan. Ben Smith's Blog: Political News about Democrats and the 2008 Election - Politico.com. From our report on today's Pulitzer Prize announcement: Edward Snowden didn’t win a Pulitzer on Monday, but he might as well have. In a move certain to be interpreted as a vindication of the former government contractor’s efforts, the Pulitzer Prize Board on Monday awarded The Guardian US and The Washington Post its coveted Public Service award for reporting on the National Security Agency’s domestic surveillance practices.
The award was given for the “revelation of widespread secret surveillance by the National Security Agency, marked by authoritative and insightful reports that helped the public understand how the disclosures fit into the larger framework of national security,” the committee said in its release. Sig Gissler, the Pulitzer Prize administrator, announced the winners at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York. Snowden immediately declared the decision “a vindication.” “There are times when a nominee is bigger than a prize. CQ Politics | Craig Crawford's Trail Mix Blog.