This article by Edward Snowden was published Sunday in Der Spiegel.
In a very short time, the world has learned much about unaccountable secret
agencies and about sometimes illegal surveillance programs. Sometimes the agencies
even deliberately try to hide their surveillance of high officials or the public.
While the NSA and GCHQ seem to be the worst offenders – this is what the currently
available documents suggest – we must not forget that mass surveillance is a
global problem in need of global solutions.
Such programs are not only a threat to privacy, they also threaten freedom
of speech and open societies. The existence of spy technology should not determine
policy. We have a moral duty to ensure that our laws and values limit monitoring
programs and protect human rights.http://original.antiwar.com/Edward-Snowden/2013/11/03/a-manifesto-for-the-truth/
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