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23 Dec, 2013

Greenwald Reveals ‘Crux’ of NSA Spying: The ‘Elimination of Individual Privacy Worldwide’

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.”

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Watch the full testimony: http://ec.europa.eu/avservices/video/player.cfm?ref=I085104