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Whistleblower Award 2013 - Ceremony awarding Edward J. Snowden
Published on Aug 31, 2013
Whistleblower Award 2013 - Ceremony awarding Edward J. Snowden
Jacob Appelbaum, Internet activist and journalist answers for Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden receives the Whistleblower Award. For the first time Transparency International Deutschland e.V. contributes to the award, which is given every two years by the Vereinigung Deutscher Wissenschaftler (VDW e.V.) and der German Section of the International Association Of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA e.V.). With the award persons are honored, who reveal malpractices and dangerous developments for humans and society, democracy, peace, and the environment. Due to the courageous actions of Edward J. Snowden the world has gained insights into the surveillance and espionage practices of intelligence agencies. Every single one of us can be affected by them at any time and without there being any grounds for suspicion. The pressing problems associated with whistleblowing are analyzed in a festive dedication to the honorable Edward Snowden. The focus of the lecture by Prof. Dr. Foschepoth is the latitude of the secret services in Germany. Through this ceremony, the awarding organizations wished to strengthen their demand to the German government to offer US citizen Snowden, in gratitude and all sincerity, accommodation and protection in Germany.
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)Laelth
(32,017 posts)-Laelth
Little Star
(17,055 posts)bvar22
(39,909 posts)They are guardians of our Democracy!
It is NOT "consent of the governed" if they can hide what they do in OUR name.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)SidDithers
(44,228 posts)Sid
felix_numinous
(5,198 posts)in a democracy depends upon informed consent.
struggle4progress
(118,237 posts)the jury report on the award
AzDar
(14,023 posts)cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)eom
Segami
(14,923 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Zorra
(27,670 posts)Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)snot
(10,504 posts)reusrename
(1,716 posts)That only needs saying if you can't tell right from wrong.
Which is why it's important to say it. Over and over again.
gulliver
(13,168 posts)The NSA budget will go up. Automation and compartmentalization will be drastically improved. Surveillance capability will be increased. Snowden types will find it much harder to get jobs in industries requiring confidentiality.
And also again, the next few terrorist attacks are going to be blamed on Snowden, Greenwald, and their supporters. An Al Qaeda informer decides not to inform, because he/she doesn't know whether their name is in the Snowden press releases, etc...