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NEW YORK - Dressed in reflective yellow construction gear while working under the cover of darkness early Monday, a small group of artists installed a tribute to NSA-leaker Edward Snowden in a Brooklyn park.

"It's not just about Snowden. It's about the ideals that he was trying to work towards and push others to care about." The monument to the POWs, "Who were fighting for the same ideals that Snowden is fighting for" gave them a bridge to make their case.

Ideally, for the artists, the city would preserve the statue and make it accessible to people, allowing New Yorkers to continue the conversation that began when Snowden leaked batches of NSA documents to Glenn Greenwald.

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