A protester holds a portrait of Edward Snowden outside the US embassy in Berlin. Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Edward Snowden To Give Evidence To EU Parliament, Says MEP -- The Guardian
British Conservatives oppose video appearance by NSA whistleblower, which Green MEP says could happen this year.
The European parliament is lining up Edward Snowden to give evidence by video link this month, in spite of resistance by British Conservatives, a Green MEP has announced.
Jan Philipp Albrecht, a German Green MEP, said parliamentarians wanted Snowden to appear before the assembly's committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs (LIBE).
Albrecht said it would represent a great success for the parliament's investigation into mass surveillance of EU citizens.
He said: "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.
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Update #1: Edward Snowden Set to Appear at EU Parliament -- IBTimes
Update #2: Snowden to appear, via video, at European Parliament hearings -- UPI
My Comment: Here is a prediction .... within five years Edward Snowden will be giving testimony (by video link) to a U.S. Congressional committee hearing and/or to a American public audience.
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