German Lawmakers Want to Interview Snowden

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

BERLIN May 8, 2014 (AP)

German lawmakers have agreed to ask NSA leaker Edward Snowden to testify in their inquiry into surveillance of Chancellor Angela Merkel by the U.S. National Security Agency.

Snowden's documents showing that the NSA targeted Merkel's cell phone caused an uproar in Germany.

Merkel's governing coalition and opposition lawmakers established a parliamentary committee in March to investigate the scope of the NSA spying. The committee decided Thursday to try to question Snowden directly, German news agency dpa reported.

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[JoePhilly]

1. What did this leak have to do with Domestic Surveillance?

Anyone know?

[Jefferson23]

2. They agreed to ask Snowden, very interesting..I wonder when this will take place.

K&R

[hack89]

3. It will be interesting to see if Putin will allow him to. nt

[L0oniX]

4. Hey ...maybe we should kinda do the same thing over those friendly Israeli spys...

we just found out about ...spying on US! Why can't they get their own NSA?

[oldandhappy]

5. Very curious to see if Putin

will support or block this. Also interested in the U.S. reaction. So much we will never know.

[Blue_Tires]

6. Why? It's not like he can tell them anything new...

and even the Germans themselves have serious doubt about how much real value there is in his "testimony" (lol)...How much credibility does he have after that bullshit stunt with Putin? It makes no sense unless Germany wants to use Snowden's high profile as a shield or distraction to deflect any public attention away from their own intelligence gathering services (much like Brazil and Russia have been doing)...Or maybe Germany feels like they owe him a favor and this is some kind of backdoor asylum ploy...

And just once I'd like for a U.S. news source to mention that at least half a dozen foreign nations were listening in on Merkel's phone because she ignored her advisors and insisted talking on an insecure phone...