Dec 06, 2013
Jan Philipp Albrecht, German member of the European Parliament, announced Thursday that Snowden will present to the Committee on Legal Affairs possibly as early as December 18, Deutche Wellereports.
Snowden's statement, and his responses to questions provided in advance, will be pre-recorded and shown by video, due to the danger that a live stream could reveal his location, EU Observerreports.
The Green Party of the European Parliament passed a resolution in July calling for Snowden to testify about NSA spying.
"It's a great success for the European parliament that Edward Snowden has already agreed to testify publicly as a key witness in the surveillance scandal," stated Albrecht. "Half a year after the first publications from his collection of numerous NSA documents, the truth of which has not so far been refuted, there are still consequences as far as political responsibility is concerned."
The surveillance scandal has ricocheted across Europe and the world, following revelations exposed by Snowden that the U.S. has spied on European allies, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel's telephone.
Yet, NSA documents exposed by Snowden and reported by German paper Der Spiegel also reveal that Germany has been a willing partner in NSA spying.
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Sarah Lazare
Sarah Lazare was a staff writer for Common Dreams from 2013-2016. She is currently web editor and reporter for In These Times.
Jan Philipp Albrecht, German member of the European Parliament, announced Thursday that Snowden will present to the Committee on Legal Affairs possibly as early as December 18, Deutche Wellereports.
Snowden's statement, and his responses to questions provided in advance, will be pre-recorded and shown by video, due to the danger that a live stream could reveal his location, EU Observerreports.
The Green Party of the European Parliament passed a resolution in July calling for Snowden to testify about NSA spying.
"It's a great success for the European parliament that Edward Snowden has already agreed to testify publicly as a key witness in the surveillance scandal," stated Albrecht. "Half a year after the first publications from his collection of numerous NSA documents, the truth of which has not so far been refuted, there are still consequences as far as political responsibility is concerned."
The surveillance scandal has ricocheted across Europe and the world, following revelations exposed by Snowden that the U.S. has spied on European allies, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel's telephone.
Yet, NSA documents exposed by Snowden and reported by German paper Der Spiegel also reveal that Germany has been a willing partner in NSA spying.
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Sarah Lazare
Sarah Lazare was a staff writer for Common Dreams from 2013-2016. She is currently web editor and reporter for In These Times.
Jan Philipp Albrecht, German member of the European Parliament, announced Thursday that Snowden will present to the Committee on Legal Affairs possibly as early as December 18, Deutche Wellereports.
Snowden's statement, and his responses to questions provided in advance, will be pre-recorded and shown by video, due to the danger that a live stream could reveal his location, EU Observerreports.
The Green Party of the European Parliament passed a resolution in July calling for Snowden to testify about NSA spying.
"It's a great success for the European parliament that Edward Snowden has already agreed to testify publicly as a key witness in the surveillance scandal," stated Albrecht. "Half a year after the first publications from his collection of numerous NSA documents, the truth of which has not so far been refuted, there are still consequences as far as political responsibility is concerned."
The surveillance scandal has ricocheted across Europe and the world, following revelations exposed by Snowden that the U.S. has spied on European allies, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel's telephone.
Yet, NSA documents exposed by Snowden and reported by German paper Der Spiegel also reveal that Germany has been a willing partner in NSA spying.
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