EU parliamentary commission votes overwhelmingly to hear Snowden

[BelgianMadCow]

The “chilling” way journalists publishing Snowden’s revelations have been intimidated by state authorities is also addressed by the EU inquiry. Not only might mass surveillance have severe effect on the freedom of the press, it also might be abused to gather information against political opponents, Moraes writes.

In all, the draft version of the report delivers 116 findings and recommendations.

Meanwhile, the EU parliamentary committee’s MEPs on Thursday voted overwhelmingly to have Snowden testify from Russia via video-link despite warnings from senior US congressmen that giving the “felon” a public platform would damage the EU body’s reputation and hamper the EU’s cooperation with Washington.

Snowden is expected to provide evidence in the coming weeks, according to the Guardian.

from RT, LBN article on the draft commission report from the Guardian here.

This comes after they heard Greenwald earlier. Before, the support was there but not overwhelming.

It looks like the EU isn't in favour of Big Brother. Well, at least this committee. But there has also been remarkable clarity from the MSM here in the past couple weeks. Are we waking up?