Greenwald on Friday said he had turned down an invitation to testify
before the German parliament later this summer about the NSA spying
scandal. The US journalist said that while he was "very supportive of
any attempt by the German Parliament to conduct a serious investigation
into NSA spying on Germans," the existing Bundestag inquiry was not
that.
"Unfortunately, German politicians have demonstrated, with their refusal to interview the key witness in person - Edward Snowden - that they care far more about not upsetting the US than they do about conducting a serious investigation," he said in a statement.
Greenwald (pictured above) had been expected to speak to the Bundestag on September 11 via video link from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lives.
Read more: Journalist Greenwald refuses to speak to Germany's NSA scandal inquiry | News | DW.DE | 01.08.2014
"Unfortunately, German politicians have demonstrated, with their refusal to interview the key witness in person - Edward Snowden - that they care far more about not upsetting the US than they do about conducting a serious investigation," he said in a statement.
Greenwald (pictured above) had been expected to speak to the Bundestag on September 11 via video link from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he lives.
Read more: Journalist Greenwald refuses to speak to Germany's NSA scandal inquiry | News | DW.DE | 01.08.2014
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