NSA Whistleblower: Snowden Open to Testifying in Germany

[unhappycamper]

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/snowden-tells-german-lawmaker-he-is-willing-to-testify-in-nsa-scandal-a-931237.html



Edward Snowden says he is willing to cooperate with investigations into NSA spying. At a meeting with a German lawmaker in Moscow, he reportedly suggested he would be open to coming to Germany, and complained of a US 'campaign of persecution.' Berlin has at least signaled readiness to talk.

NSA Whistleblower: Snowden Open to Testifying in Germany
November 01, 2013 – 01:57 PM

Edward Snowden has said he is willing to cooperate with investigations into the US spying scandal -- but he will not testify on Russian soil. The former contractor for the United States' National Security Agency (NSA) wrote down his intentions in a letter handed to German Green Party lawmaker Hans-Christian Stöbele after the pair met in Moscow, where Snowden has been granted temporary asylum.

In the letter, which was also signed by Stöbele, Snowden said he would "cooperate in the responsible finding of fact" with regard to the "truth and authenticity" of the documents he has leaked.

The 30-year-old former contractor for the NSA hit out at Washington's treatment of him, criticizing what he described as a "severe and sustained campaign of persecution" that forced him from his family and home. He also argued that the benefits of his actions are becoming increasingly clear in the form of "new laws and policies to address formerly concealed abuses of the public trust."

Snowden met with Ströbele in secret on Thursday for almost three hours, with journalists John Geotz, from public German broadcaster ARD, and Georg Mascolo, the former editor-in-chief of SPIEGEL, also in attendance. Footage of the meeting was broadcast by ARD on Thursday night.

[struggle4progress]

1. LOL! "severe and sustained campaign of persecution"

Good luck getting anything but bullshizz from this dude