Appearing via live feed before an EU Commission committee on mass surveillance Wednesday, independent journalist Glenn Greenwald revealed what he believed to be the “crux” of the reporting on the NSA so far.
“The reason I know this is what they are attempting to achieve is because they say it over and over and over again. On occasion they say it publicly and repeatedly they say it in their private documents, which were written when they thought nobody was able to hear what it was they were saying.” –Glenn Greenwald
According to Greenwald, what the European ministers—and the world—should know about the spy agency’s ultimate objective is that it is “nothing less than the elimination of individual privacy worldwide.” As he told the panel:
Citing the often-quoted “collect-it-all” mandate of government spy agencies, Greenwald continued, “The NSA doesn’t need a specific reason to collect any communications. The fact that people are communicating is reason enough.”
“Every story we’ve done is driven by this overarching theme,” he intoned. “The significance of this reporting, what Mr. Snowden revealed, can’t be overstated.”
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