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| Subject: Edward Snowden offers to help Brazil for asylum Tue Dec 17, 2013 8:31 pm | |
| National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has written in "an open letter to the Brazilian people" that he would be willing to help Brazil's government investigate US spying on its soil, but that he could do so only if granted political asylum.
In a letter obtained and published early on Tuesday by the respected Folha de S. Paulo newspaper, Mr Snowden said he's been impressed by the Brazilian government's strong criticism of the massive NSA spy program targeting internet and telecommunications around the globe, including monitoring the mobile phone of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.
Brazilian senators have asked for Snowden's help during hearings about the NSA program's aggressive targeting of Brazil, an important transit hub for trans-Atlantic fibre optic cables that are hacked. Advertisement
"I've expressed my willingness to assist where it's appropriate and legal, but, unfortunately, the US government has been working hard to limit my ability to do so," said the letter, translated into Portuguese by the newspaper. It didn't make the English original available online.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/edward-snowden-offers-to-help-brazil-for-asylum-20131217-2zjcr.html#ixzz2nmmnrzP6 |
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