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Snowden Testimony to Council of Europe

posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 09 2014, @04:03PM   Printer-friendly
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koja writes:

Edward Snowden gave testimony via video-link to Council of Europe at parliamentary hearing today (8 Apr).

Highlights:

  • NSA spying on human rights organizations both within US borders and abroad
  • usage of dragnet and data-mining for general law enforcement (not only for intelligence affairs)
  • (popular level) description of used XKeyscore technology and it's capabilities

AFAIK this is the first time Edward Snowden testifies to any legislative organization.

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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by randmcnatt on Wednesday April 09 2014, @04:46PM

    by randmcnatt (671) on Wednesday April 09 2014, @04:46PM (#28906)
    The link in the article, from PACE News [coe.int], is for the live webcast, which is over. There is a recorded version at Euronews [euronews.com] and a longer article here [theguardian.com] with a another (but seems to be identical) video link.
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Nr_9 on Wednesday April 09 2014, @05:20PM

    by Nr_9 (2947) on Wednesday April 09 2014, @05:20PM (#28932)

    "AFAIK this is the first time Edward Snowden testifies to any legislative organization."

    He testified for the European Parliament on March 7th. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/01/0 9/europe-parliament-snowden-nsa/4387153/ [usatoday.com]

    Additionally, while the European Parliament is a legislative body, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe is not.

    • (Score: 3, Insightful) by MrGuy on Wednesday April 09 2014, @06:20PM

      by MrGuy (1007) on Wednesday April 09 2014, @06:20PM (#28967)

      They're the Judean People's Front. We're the People's Front of Judea!

      • (Score: 5, Informative) by Nr_9 on Wednesday April 09 2014, @06:29PM

        by Nr_9 (2947) on Wednesday April 09 2014, @06:29PM (#28978)

        The naming of them might be confusing, but they are actually assemblies of two quite different organisations.

        The European Parliament is the parliament of the European Union. The Council of Europe, whose Parliamentary Assembly Snowden testified for this time, is a separate organisation from the EU with a vastly larger membership base and with little real power.

      • (Score: 1) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 09 2014, @07:18PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 09 2014, @07:18PM (#29011)

        They're the Judean People's Front. We're the People's Front of Judea!

        Exactly! On the Wikipedia page of Council of Europe, the first words are "Not to be confused with European Council or Council of the European Union."

      • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Wednesday April 09 2014, @08:19PM

        by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 09 2014, @08:19PM (#29070) Journal

        Who scored this INSIGHTFUL?!?!

        Funny, yes....
        Something completely different? Mais oui!

        "Do you want to come back to my place, bouncy-bouncy?": absolutely!

        But Insightful?

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        • (Score: 2) by MrGuy on Wednesday April 09 2014, @08:40PM

          by MrGuy (1007) on Wednesday April 09 2014, @08:40PM (#29088)

          I'm actually right there with you...

  • (Score: 1, Offtopic) by Gaaark on Wednesday April 09 2014, @08:23PM

    by Gaaark (41) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday April 09 2014, @08:23PM (#29078) Journal

    This is why i cannot believe the Canadian government is giving Microsoft $300,000 to extend the support for winXP. Windows is an avenue for spying, for crissakes!!!

    Wish my tax dollars had been spent converting over to linux... I'd be happy paying taxes for that rather than giving it to Microsoft.....

    .....bah.....

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