Last weekteam, o Edward Snowden testified to the European Parliament on Electronic Mass Surveillance of European Union citizens. Snowden accused the US of not protecting the public from real threats, but destroying the character of its open communication. His testimony stated:
Η ολοκληρωμένη παρακολούθηση των Αμερικανών στο σπίτι από την κυβέρνηση των ΗΠΑ δεν κατάφερε να σταματήσει τους βομβιστές της Βοστώνης. Αν και οι Ρώσοι μας προειδοποιήσει για τον Tamerlan Tsarnaev, το FBI δεν μπορούσε να κάνει περισσότερα από μια βιαστική έρευνα – αν και για αρκετά χρόνια κανουν πολλές άχρηστες computer-based αναζήτησεις – και απέτυχαν να ανακαλύψουν τον δράστη. 264 άνθρωποι τραυματίστηκαν και 3 έχασαν τη ζωή τους. Οι πόροι που θα μπορούσαν να πληρώσουν μια ολοκληρωμένη έρευνα, δαπανηθηκαν για την παρακολούθηση των αρχείων call of everyone in America.
This shouldn't have happened. I worked for the United States Central Intelligence Agency. The National Security Service. The Information Service Defense. Αγαπώ τη χώρα μου, και πιστεύω ότι η espionage it serves a vital purpose and must be continued. I have risked my life, my family and my freedom to tell you the truth.
The NSA has given me the power to monitor communications around the world using mass surveillance systems. I did it in the United States as well. I have personally watched people using these systems, with the presidential mandate “Executive Decree 12333 and US Congress FAA 702. I know the pros and cons of these systems, what they can and cannot do, and I tell you that without getting up from In my chair, I could have read the private communications of any member of this committee, as well as any ordinary citizen. I swear knowing the punishment of forgery that all this is true.
These are not characteristics of free societies. Mass monitoring violates our rights, our security is at risk, and it threatens our way of life.
All the letter is here in PDF format.
