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A European Parliament committee voted Thursday to invite former NSA contractor Edward Snowden to testify on U.S. surveillance.
The Civil Liberties Committee will ask Snowden to speak via video conference as part of the committee's investigation into U.S. government surveillance of European officials and citizens.
According to documents released by Snowden, the NSA has monitored the communication of Europeans, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
The committee which voted 36-2 to invite Snowden is considering a draft report from British representative Claude Moraes, who has been investigating the affect of U.S. surveillance on European privacy.
European Parliament wants to hear from Edward Snowden | TheHill
Interesting development. Hopefully this leads to more people looking at the actual story, rather than shooting the messenger.