Amy Goodman
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Snowden Asylum in Germany? Support Grows for NSA Whistleblower After Merkel Cancels Verizon Contract
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7:15Now PlayingRevelations by Edward Snowden about U.S. surveillance continue to shake Germany more than one year after he came forward as an National Security Agency whistleblower. Reports based on Snowden's leaks revealed vast NSA spying in Germany, including on Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone. Last week the German government cancelled its contract with the U.S. telecommunications firm Verizon. Verizon has been providing network infrastructure for the German government's BerlinBonn network, used for communication between government ministries, since 2010. Meanwhile, the German parliament is continuing to conduct an inquiry into spying by the NSA and German secret services. Some German lawmakers are calling on Merkel's government to grant Snowden asylum. We are joined by Snowden's European lawyer, Wolfgang Kaleck, founder and general secretary for the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights.
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