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Snowden EU Testimony Released to Public

Submitted by HPI on Sun, 03/09/2014 - 15:54

Edward Snowden says in testimony to the European Union that "There are many other undisclosed programs that would impact EU citizens' rights, but I will leave the public interest determinations as to which of these may be safely disclosed to responsible journalists in coordination with government stakeholders."

Shadow Rapporteur Jan Philipp Albrecht MEP, Greens Group, Germany, asked, "Could we help you in any way, and do you seek asylum in the EU?"

Snowden replied, "If you want to help me, help me by helping everyone: declare that the indiscriminate, bulk collection of private data by governments is a violation of our rights and must end. What happens to me as a person is less important than what happens to our common rights.

"As for asylum, I do seek EU asylum, but I have yet to receive a positive response to the requests I sent to various EU member states. Parliamentarians in the national governments have told me that the US, and I quote, "will not allow" EU partners to offer political asylum to me, which is why the previous resolution on asylum ran into such mysterious opposition. I would welcome any offer of safe passage or permanent asylum, but I recognize that would require an act of extraordinary political courage."

Click on "1 attachment" (pdf) below to read the rest of Snowden's testimony to the European Union.

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