I’m able to speak absolutely freely with Ed Snowden any time I want to, despite the fact that I’m pretty sure the folks at the NSA would…like to know when I did or what we were saying," says Barlow, who helped to found the Freedom of the Press Foundation where Snowden serves on the board of directors.

https://www.wired.com/2016/02/its-been-20-years-since-this-man-declared-cyberspace-independence/

EFF Stopped Defending Wikileaks right about the same time Snowden got on the Board of director's too i believe