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Snowden says he tried to discuss NSA surveillance internally

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WASHINGTON, March 8 (UPI) -- Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden said he was brushed off when he tried to discuss his concerns about surveillance with officials.

Snowden's responses to questions by members of the European Parliament were released Friday, the New York Times reported. He said he approached more than 10 National Security Agency officials.

The NSA has previously said it found no sign that Snowden had tried to work internally. His leaks have resulted in his being charged under the Espionage Act and have embarrassed the U.S. government and many of its allies.

Snowden said he got warnings that complaints could get him into trouble or that they would have no effect.

"Even among the most senior individuals to whom I reported my concerns, no one at NSA could ever recall an instance where an official complaint had resulted in an unlawful program being ended, but there was a unanimous desire to avoid being associated with such a complaint in any form," he said.

Snowden also said he has not worked with Chinese or Russian intelligence agencies. He traveled to Russia, where he received temporary asylum, from Hong Kong.

Also Friday, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court said the government has not provided a convincing reason to keep electronic data for more than five years, the Hill reported.

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Edward Snowden Tells EU Parliament He Wants Asylum In Europe

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In written testimony before the European Parliament, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden said he is seeking asylum in the European Union but he has not received "a positive response to the requests I sent to various EU member states."

Snowden continues: "Parliamentarians in the national governments have told me that the US, and I quote, 'will not allow' EU partners to offer political asylum to me, which is why the previous resolution on asylum ran into such mysterious opposition. I would welcome any offer of safe passage or permanent asylum, but I recognize that would require an act of extraordinary political courage."

Snowden sent the parliament a 12-page document in which he answers the questions of some MPs.

Snowden, again repeated, that he had "no relationship" with China and Russia.

When he was asked if he was approached by the Russian secret service, he said, "Of course." He went on:

"Even the secret service of Andorra would have approached me, if they had had the chance: that's their job.

"But I didn't take any documents with me from Hong Kong, and while I'm sure they were disappointed, it doesn't take long for an intelligence service to realize when they're out of luck. I was also accompanied at all times by an utterly fearless journalist with one of the biggest megaphones in the world, which is the equivalent of Kryptonite for spies. As a consequence, we spent the next 40 days trapped in an airport instead of sleeping on piles of money while waiting for the next parade. But we walked out with heads held high.

"I would also add, for the record, that the United States government has repeatedly acknowledged that there is no evidence at all of any relationship between myself and the Russian intelligence service."

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Assange: More U.S. secrets will be leaked

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Posted:Today Updated: 12:43 AM The Wikileaks founder tells a U.S. audience, via video feed, that NSA spying revelations have caused people to reassess governments role.

By Adam Satariano Bloomberg News

Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks who has disclosed classified data about U.S. military and diplomatic efforts, said the group would be releasing a new batch of secret information.

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Julian Assange, shown speaking from the Ecuadorian Embassy in London previously, says he will release more classified data.

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Assange, speaking through a video feed Saturday to a crowd of more than 3,000 at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in Austin, Texas, said he wouldnt share details about the timing or contents.

I dont think its right to give the perpetrator the heads up, said Assange.

After years of celebrating startups with new social-networking tools for posting personal information, South by Southwest is taking a more critical look at the privacy consequences of sharing that data. Edward Snowden, the government contractor who leaked documents disclosing spying by the National Security Agency, speaks on Monday through a video link.

Assange, 42, said the disclosures about NSA spying are causing people to reassess the role of government in a world where more personal information is stored online. He said the U.S. agency is losing the public-relations battle since Snowdens revelations about gathering data from companies such as Google, Facebook and Apple. The disclosures show a military occupation in the Internets public space, he said.

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Google’s Eric Schmidt talks NSA spying, security

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At South by Southwest Interactive today, Google's Eric Schmidt spoke on the topic of NSA spying and security, touching on things like user privacy and how the Internet giant responded to the information contained in Snowden's leaks. Among it, Schmidt said the company's data is likely safe now.

During his speech, Schmidt spoke of his own surprise over the NSA's violation of Google's security and the data it managed to acquire on the company's users. He went on to compare the government's invasion of the company's data as akin to that of a Chinese attack that took place in 2010.

Schmidt didn't have kind things to say about the government's surveillance methods, of which he pointed out the phone records collection in particular, and eventually lead into conversation about other data breaches, including that of Wikileaks. He said large data leaks can be harmful -- potentially fatal for some individuals -- and that a celebrity culture surrounding it all could be harmful: "There's a real concern about the nature of celebrity driving bulk leaking."

The conversation, in all, was a rounded look at the issue in terms of both how it affected Google and how it affects the public at large, touching on perspectives and outlooks along both side of the fence. Speaking specifically of Google users' data, he said, "We're pretty sure that the information inside of Google is now safe from everybody, including the U.S. government."

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Snowden, Assange top bill at Texas tech gathering

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) Surveillance. Online privacy. Robots. Food processing. Wearable computers. To get a sense of what's on the minds of the tech industry's thinkers, leaders and tinkerers, it's a good idea to head to Austin, Texas, rather than Silicon Valley this time of the year.

More than 30,000 people descend on this eccentric city for the South By Southwest Interactive Festival each March. This year, NSA leaker Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks founder and secret spiller Julian Assange are topping the bill, alongside Google Chairman Eric Schmidt, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone and Anne Wojcicki, CEO of genetics testing company 23andMe.

Snowden and Assange won't be making the trip to Texas, however. They'll appear on live video, since both are living as fugitives, in Moscow and the Ecuadorian embassy in London, respectively. Their inclusion illustrates how the festival is trying to balance holding on to its independent roots even as it's flooded by a barrage of corporate sponsors and threatens to grow too big for its hometown.

"We have always said that South By Southwest is a very big tent and we have all different types of people," said Hugh Forrest, director of the interactive festival. "This is a feature and not a flaw."

Still, it's clear that online privacy and government surveillance is on top of the technology set's mind this year. Snowden, the former NSA contractor who appears Monday, faces felony charges in the U.S. after revealing the agency's mass surveillance program by leaking thousands of classified documents to media outlets. He is living under temporary asylum in Russia, which has no extradition treaty with the U.S.

Snowden is unlikely to talk about the case against him during the session and will focus instead on "how technology enables surveillance and how technology can protect us from surveillance," said Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist at the American Civil Liberties Union. Soghoian will be speaking to Snowden along with Snowden's legal adviser, the ACLU's Ben Wizner. Snowden is being represented by the ACLU in the U.S. government's case against him.

Speaking at South By Southwest rather than in front of Congress or at a conference of lawyers gives Snowden a chance to talk to the technology community, "his peers," Soghoian said.

"The reason the NSAs collected as much information as it did is because of technology," he said. "Technology got us into this mess and technology will get us out of it."

Assange, meanwhile, will speak on Saturday with Benjamin Palmer, the co-founder of The Barbarian Group, a marketing agency whose clients range from Pepsi to Samsung to New York City. As to why a marketing executive is interviewing a figure as controversial as Assange? A hint: Visitors to the group's website are greeted with the message "We create ideas that provoke a reaction."

Part of the larger South By Southwest festival that also includes music, film and recently education segments, SXSWi, as it's dubbed, became a separate event in 1994, when it was still called "SXSW Multimedia." Past speakers have ranged from the computer scientist and virtual reality pioneer Jaron Lanier in 1997 to investor Mark Cuban in 1999 and Friendster founder Jonathan Abrams in 2004.

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