A message from Edward Snowden, "Hope for Change", upon receiving Whistleblower Award 2013

[Catherina]

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]

1. K&R

[Laelth]

2. k&r for exposure. n/t

-Laelth

[Little Star]

3. k&r

[bvar22]

4. K&R... for ALL the Whistle Blowers.

They are guardians of our Democracy!

It is NOT "consent of the governed" if they can hide what they do in OUR name.

[xchrom]

5. du rec.

[SidDithers]

6. ...

Sid

[felix_numinous]

7. Participation

in a democracy depends upon informed consent.

[struggle4progress]

8. The award-givers are hoping to convince Germany to offer Snowden asylum, as I read

the jury report on the award

[AzDar]

9. K & R

[cantbeserious]

10. Kick And Recommend

eom

[Segami]

11. Kick & Rec.

[idwiyo]

12. K&R

[rhett o rick]

13. k&r thanks for posting. nm

[Zorra]

14. K&R nt

[Egalitarian Thug]

15. Automatic K&R n/t

[snot]

16. K&R'd!

[reusrename]

17. "It seems important to say that Edward Snowden is a person of high moral character."

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]

18. Again, it is just going to be a backfire.

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...

[Luminous Animal]

19. K&R