Snowden defends leaks
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Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden said calls for more oversight of government agencies showed he was justified in revealing the methods and targets of the US secret service.
Snowden’s leaks about the National Security Agency from its alleged mass scanning of emails to the tapping of world leaders’ phones have infuriated US allies.
In “A Manifesto for the Truth” published in German news magazine Der Spiegel yesterday, Snowden said current debates about mass surveillance in many countries showed his revelations were helping to bring about change.
“Instead of causing damage, the usefulness of the new public knowledge for society is now clear because reforms to politics, supervision and laws are being suggested,” he wrote. “Those who speak the truth are not committing a crime.”
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