Posted on 12/08/2013 7:30:42 PM PST by Sparticus
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.
The basic political will is there. Now we will need to see if we can get a formal majority for a hearing and hope Snowden can keep his promise to answer questions on the affair."
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
Even if Snowdon were to appear in person - which seems unlikely - the EU parliament is in Strasbourg, so it would be up to the French to arrest him (good luck with that - remember Roman Polanski).
Well in the old days this would be called a spy and would receive a bullet to the head or a heart attack in good order.
Well in the old days our government wouldn't spy on ordinary citizens.
Edward Snowden’s has elements of ‘hero’ in him... Snowden might have been a manipulated fool... or maybe not.
I think it is likely they record it all then mine the calls based on words used for potential terrorism.
Afghanistan has a huge deposit of rare earth minerals. Which is why Russia ‘toured’ the region until We started ‘touring’ the region.
The opium poppies, they’re a front, they can be grown anywhere.
I assumed Chinese communists were the one’s after rare earth minerals...
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