[youtube 4GlYh58cxKY nolink]
In contrast, this was treated as a major political event in both print and broadcast media, in Germany, and across much of the world. In the interview, Mr. Snowden lays out a succinct case as to how these domestic surveillance programs undermines and erodes human rights and democratic freedom.
He states that his “breaking point” was “seeing Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper, directly lie under oath to Congress” denying the existence of a domestic spying programs while under questioning in March of last year. Mr. Snowden goes on to state that, “The public had a right to know about these programs. The public had a right to know that which the government is doing in its name, and that which the government is doing against the public.”
It seems clear that the virtual blackout of this insightful interview is yet another deliberate attempt to obfuscate the truth from the view of the American public. The media has continually attempted to shill the official government lies about mass domestic surveillance programs, justifying them as necessary to fight the “War on Terror”, while attempting to painting Mr. Snowden as a traitor.
UPDATE: The Obama Administration through youtube is limiting the broadcast of this interview in the United States.
The video is still up on livelink at this address for now:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=f93_1390833151
..and this German website:
http://www.ndr.de/ratgeber/netzwelt/snowden271.html
“If I am a traitor, who did I betray?
I gave all of my information to the American Public, To American Journalists who were reporting on American issues.
If they see that as treason…
I think people really need to consider
Who do they think they are working for?
The public is suppose to be their boss, not their enemy”
-Edward Snowden
German Proxy:
