Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Ex-Guardian journalist Greenwald testifies on NSA spying before EU parliament. LIVE UPDATES



Greenwald, the former Guardian journalist known for publishing Edward Snowden’s leaks, is testifying before the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties and Home Affairs via video connection, contributing to an inquiry into the NSA’s surveillance on EU citizens.

  • Free press: it is hard to overstate how important it was for me to speek out on surveillance. But UK gov't threatens journalists who cover surveillance prog - Greenwald
  • People continue to be interested in what gov'ts do with their citizens' privacy - Greenwald
  • Snowden is a heroic person - Greenwald
  • UK govt used double standards in equating journalism with terrorism
  • More q-s from EU:

    Screenshot: RT.com
  • germany, norway, spain, france - participated in NSA spying prog - Greenwald
  • There are senaters in US who wanted to inform people about spying program, but the US gov't stopped them, that is why Snowden decided to speak out - Greenwald
  • SWIFT is part of NSA target of spying - Greenwald
  • 3d Q - about UK as an ally of US spying. Other countries involved?
  • 2nd Q - about Snowden
  • Q about SWIFT banking
  • The spying has nothing to do with terrorism or national security, this is only a pretext - Greenwald
  • The docs show that it was mass descriminative surveillance - Greenwald
  • Western govts persuaded people privacy doesn't matter - Greenwald
  • NSa used private information to humilate ppl - Greenwald
  • NSA is monitoring people who are not engaged in terroristic actions - Greenwald
  • Not only in US, but in other countries as well, where mass surveillance was abused, gov'ts often abused with their surtveillance to spy on political dissidents - Greenwald
  • NSA doesn’t need specific reason to collect data on citizens’ communications - Greenwald
  • NSA attempting to collect all electronic documents and other info - Greenwald
  • The only thing he did was to inform people about spying program of world leaders and their breaching of individual's privacy
  • Greenwald says that he didn't expose any information to terrorists
  • Edward Snowden is a classic whistleblower - Greenwald
  • NSA angry there are still places to hide in the world, where they can't watch' - Greenwald
  • Most governments turned their back on Edward Snowden, but used his revelation
  • Surveillance in Europe - very dissapointing event - Greenwald
  • Mr. Snowden made a brave sacrifice, he has risked everything in his life for people. Snowden's bravery 'only reason' NSA spying exposed - Greenwald
  • Every oppressive government loves surveillance - Greenwald
  • Greenwald: Collecting of metadata supreme priority of NSA
  • Greenwald: 'NSA angry there are still places to hide in world'
  • NSA's goal elimination of individual privacy worldwide - Greenwald to EU MPs
  • Snowden is also expected to testify before the Civil Liberties Committee in January as part of the inquiry.
  • Furthermore, it was revealed that the organization gathers metadata on millions of telephone calls across the European Union.
  • He disseminated classified files to international media that showed the NSA had monitored a number of high-profile political figures including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
  • Whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the massive scale of the American spy agency’s espionage program in Europe earlier this year.
  • The inquiry was set up to discuss ratcheting up the security of the internet and telephone networks in the European Union.
  • Greenwald, the former Guardian journalist known for publishing Edward Snowden’s leaks, is testifying before the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties and Home Affairs via video connection, contributing to an inquiry into the NSA’s surveillance on EU citizens

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