The NSA’s ultimate goal along with its UK partner, the GCHQ, is to eliminate individual privacy worldwide, journalist Glenn Greenwald has told an EU inquiry.
Ex-Guardian journalist Greenwald testifies before EU Parliament over NSA
Glenn
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. He
is participating in an inquiry into the NSA’s surveillance on EU
citizens. Follow live updates here.
The inquiry was set up to discuss ratcheting up the security of the internet and telephone networks in the European Union.
Snowden is also expected to testify before the Civil Liberties Committee in January as part of the inquiry.
RT