The Government of USA threatened Berlin with an intelligence blackout if it granted him asylum Edward Snowden, says German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel.
Ο Edward Snowden leaked and continues to release information from the National Security Service (NSA) 's leakage records, he thought he might find shelter in Germany when he should leave Russia.
Let us recall that Moscow granted one permission Snowden's three-year residency, which expires in August 2017. Then Edward Snowden will have to apply for citizenship or move to another country.
In a speech in Hamburg last week, Sigmar Gabriel said Washington would withhold information and "intelligence gathering" information from Germany if it offered Snowden asylum.
"We've been told they're going to stop sharing information on terrorism and various other intelligence gathering issues," Gabriel said, according to a post by Intercept.
Η δημοσίευση δεν κατονόμασε την υπηρεσία των ΗΠΑ που απείλησε τη Γερμανία, όμως ο αποκλεισμός των πληροφοριών από τις μυστικές services appears to put the country of 80 million at increased risk of terrorist attacks and espionage.
Germany will be forced to issue Snowden to the United States once it enters the country.
Sigmar Gabriel had said it was a "shame" that Snowden was confined to "Vladimir Putin's authoritarian Russia."
The publication, however, from Intercept comes after statements by Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, who has taken over the Snowden case, that the former sys-admin is allegedly ready to return to the US if promised a fair trial.
