Snowden named for Nobel Peace Prize
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A former Norwegian minister nominated fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize yesterday in a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
“He has contributed to revealing the extreme level of surveillance by nations against other nations and of citizens,” former Socialist Left Party minister Baard Vegar Solhjell said, explaining his move.
“Snowden contributed to people knowing about what has happened and spurring public debate” on trust in government, which he said was “a fundamental requirement for peace.”
In a letter to the committee, Solhjell and his party colleague Snorre Valen said they do not necessarily condone or support all of Snowden’s disclosures, but praised him for revealing the “nature and technological prowess of modern surveillance.”
“The level of sophistication and depth of surveillance that citizens all over the world are subject to have stunned us, and stirred debate,” they wrote.
They added Snowden’s actions have “led to the reintroduction of trust and transparency as a leading principle in global security policies.”
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