
‘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.’
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