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Snowden Testimony to Council of Europe

posted by janrinok on Wednesday April 09 2014, @04:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the nothing-new-here dept.

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: 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."

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