Edward Snowden "We #39;ve Seen U.N. Reports Say Mass Surveillance Is NOT Permissible!"
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Originally published by the Intercept, 13 December 2014
This weekend, the Intercept published further corroborating evidence linking the advanced malware known as Regin to GCHQs Operation Socialist attack on Begiums biggest telecommunications company, Belgacom.
Operation Socialist, as the attack was codenamed, is the subject of several revelations from the Snowden archive (one, two, three).
Edward Snowdens full statement on the latest reporting follows below:
Weve never established smoking-gun attribution for a governmental cyber attack against critical infrastructure before, and for the first documented example to show on EU member state mounting a cyber attack on another is a breathtaking example of the scale of the state-sponsored hacking problem.
If we say its OK for the UK to hack Belgium, were implicitly accepting the inverse. And if the UK can hit Belgium, China can hit the UK. When we find these massive holes in the security of our critical infrastructure, we ned to close them rather than tear them open, or else well soon find everything is vulnerable and nothing is safe.
The people with the most to lose in that kind of world are the ones with the most complex systems. In other words, us, not them.
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Snowdens greetings are among a slew of birthday messages from artists, writers and activists published by the Guardian. Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images
From one whistleblower in exile to another in military prison: a birthday greeting. Edward Snowden marks the 27th birthday of Chelsea Manning on Wednesday with a personalized message that praises the WikiLeaks source for having inspired an angry public.
Since he astounded the world with his NSA revelations in June 2013, Snowdens name has perhaps inevitably been associated with that of Manning, who had similarly astounded the world with the WikiLeaks trove of state secrets three years previously. In the pantheon of contemporary US official leakers, Snowden and Manning rank supreme they were jointly nominated for the Nobel peace prize and Snowden referred to Manning in his early interviews, as a classic whistleblower.
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Now Snowden has offered words of comfort for Manning as she marks her fifth birthday behind bars. From his own exile in Russia, the former NSA contractor thanks Manning for her extraordinary act of service, regretting that it has come with such an unbelievable personal cost.
He writes: You have inspired an angry public to demand a government that is accountable for its perpetration of torture and other war crimes, for the true costs of its wars, and for conspiring in corruption around the world.
Snowdens greetings are among a slew of birthday messages from artists, writers and activists published by the Guardian. The group variously express admiration for her act of courage and hope that, with many more years of her sentence left to run, she might find some consolation in the knowledge that she is in the thoughts of others.
As the Nobel prize-winning novelist JM Coetzee puts it: Im sure it is not much fun spending your birthday behind bars, but I want to let you know that there are thousands and millions of people in the wider world who are thinking of you and wishing you well.
Michael Stipe, formerly of REM, sends a handwritten note headlined: Hey Patriot!! He says A lot of friends and supporters are thinking of you today.
Filmmaker Terry Gilliam offers a cartoon of a wobbly figure tentatively stepping onto a tightrope over a cliff with the words: Chelsea, your bravery has shown us much to be worried about. We are deeply in your debt.
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TIME U.S. espionage Edward Snowden, Lupe Fiasco and More Wish Chelsea Manning a Happy Birthday This undated photo provided by the U.S. Army shows Chelsea Manning wearing a wig and lipstick. U.S. Army/AP Michael Stipe called her a "patriot"
Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. Army soldier who turned over hundreds of thousands of classified government documents to WikiLeaks and serving a 35-year prison sentence, turns 27 on Wednesday. To celebrate, a diverse assortment of admirers, from Edward Snowden to rapper Lupe Fiasco, have sent her best wishes that have been published by the Guardian.
I thank you now and forever for your extraordinary act of service and I am sorry that it has come with such an unbelievable personal cost, Snowden wrote. You have inspired an angry public to demand a government that is accountable for its perpetration of torture and other war crimes, for the true costs of its wars, and for conspiring in corruption around the world.
Michael Stipe, the former frontman for the band R.E.M., sent her a card with a rose on it and a handwritten note inside and called her a patriot. Fiasco celebrated with an homage to the cover of Kanye Wests album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, using Mannings face in the center of the cover art instead of Wests. She encapsulates the antiheroes in society sitting up in the heights of mythology, simultaneously demonised and forgiven, Fiasco wrote.
The letters and cards were sent to Fort Leavenworth military prison in Kansas, where Manning is currently being held. Her first chance for parole comes in 2021.
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Former NSA contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden was given the Carl von Ossietzky award in Berlin on Sunday, a medal which honors those who exhibit extraordinary civic courage or commitment to the spread and defense of human rights.
According to website of the International League for Human Rights in Berlin, which has awarded the prize since 1962, Snowden was chosen because of his "momentous decision of conscience ... to put [his] personal freedom on the line" to expose the "abuse of power" exercised by the US and Germany.
Snowden shares the medal with Glenn Greenwald, the Guardian journalist who broke his story, along with Laura Poitras, the documentary filmmaker who was in Berlin to accept it on the whole trio's behalf. Snowden is living in Russia under temporary asylum and is barred from entering Germany.
Several speeches were given honoring the work of Snowden, Greenwald and Poitras, including one from former federal Interior Minister Gerhart Baum and human rights lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck, who represents Snowden. Baum spoke of how the Snowden had "opened our eyes to the largest intelligence surveillance scandal I know."
On Friday, Kaleck was reported by The Guardian, a British news outlet, as calling on European countries to actively prosecute CIA agents involved in torture who come into their countries, following the release of the CIA torture report.
Snowden, who is held in high esteem in many circles in Germany, also appeared via Skype.
Carl von Ossietzky, determined dissident
The von Ossietzky medal is named after the German Nobel Peace Prize-winning journalist who spoke out actively against the Nazi regime. He died as a result of conditions in the concentration camp where he was held, after being convicted of high treason. It was he who exposed Germany's violation of the Treaty of Versailles through its re-militarization under Adolf Hitler.
Former winners of the medal include famous German authors Heinrich Bll and Gnter Grass.
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Citizenfour, Laura Poitras's documentary on Edward Snowden, has been named best feature at the International Documentary Association awards.
The filmmaker was presented with the award on Friday night (December 5) in a ceremony held at the Paramount Studios lot.
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She met Snowden whilst working on an investigative programme into government surveillance following 9/11, receiving emails from Snowden under the alias "citizenfour."
Poitras eventually met Snowden, who handed over classified documents that revealed surveillance programmes being carried out by the NSA.
Citizenfour beat Finding Vivian Maier, Point and Shoot, The Salt of the Earth and Tales of the Grim Sleeper to the title.
It has been announced that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will play Snowden in a new film to be directed by Oliver Stone.
It is believed the as-yet-untitled film will begin shooting next month in Munich.
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