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Edward Snowden to broadcast Channel 4's alternative Christmas Day message
Source: The Guardian
Edward Snowden to broadcast Channel 4's alternative Christmas Day message
Peter Walker
theguardian.com, Tuesday 24 December 2013 16.00 GMT
Channel 4's 20-year history of providing unusual but relevant figures for its alternative Christmas Day message is to continue this year with something of a coup of the broadcaster: the 2013 message will come from.
In his first recorded TV interview since arriving in Moscow, the US National Security Agency contractor-turned whistleblower will outline his reasons for passing a cache of NSA documents to newspapers including the Guardian, beginning a worldwide debate on the extent to which security services should monitor the lives of citizens.
The address, to be broadcast at 4.15pm on Christmas Day, was filmed in Russia – where Snowden is holed up – by Laura Poitras, a film-maker who has closely collaborated with him on the NSA stories.
In excerpts from the address released by Channel 4, Snowden says George Orwell "warned us of the danger of this kind of information" in his dystopian novel, 1984.
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Peter Walker
theguardian.com, Tuesday 24 December 2013 16.00 GMT
Channel 4's 20-year history of providing unusual but relevant figures for its alternative Christmas Day message is to continue this year with something of a coup of the broadcaster: the 2013 message will come from.
In his first recorded TV interview since arriving in Moscow, the US National Security Agency contractor-turned whistleblower will outline his reasons for passing a cache of NSA documents to newspapers including the Guardian, beginning a worldwide debate on the extent to which security services should monitor the lives of citizens.
The address, to be broadcast at 4.15pm on Christmas Day, was filmed in Russia – where Snowden is holed up – by Laura Poitras, a film-maker who has closely collaborated with him on the NSA stories.
In excerpts from the address released by Channel 4, Snowden says George Orwell "warned us of the danger of this kind of information" in his dystopian novel, 1984.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/24/edward-snowden-channel-4-christmas-day-message
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