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Edward Snowden became a civic icon ( portrayed here in Berlin) : it is the citizens that calls on Christmas Day, in his greeting "alternative" Channel 4 (Reuters)
Edward Snowden became a civic icon ( portrayed here in Berlin) : it is the citizens that calls on Christmas Day, in his greeting "alternative" Channel 4 (Reuters)
Edward Snowden , a former consultant to the U.S. Agency Security (NSA), called on citizens around the world to " put an end to mass surveillance " , claiming to have " completed " its mission to reveal the extent of monitoring programs in the United States
For the first time since his arrival in June in Russia , where he was granted asylum , the American Edward Snowden gave an interview in head -to-head press - Washington Post - and recorded a televised statement presented as a Christmas message "alternative" by the British television channel channel 4. It was broadcast on Christmas Day .
The opportunity for Edward Snowden to take six months after delivering the press tens of thousands of documents detailing the extent of interception of communications - phone or internet - made by the NSA.
"For me, in terms of personal satisfaction , the mission is already accomplished ," he says in an interview with the Washington Post carried to Moscow on Tuesday. "I 've already won ," he says , after his revelations have caused an uproar in the world and led the United States to review its security policy.
Last week , U.S. President Barack Obama has called " necessary and important " debate on the role of the NSA, which it intends to amend the vast espionage capabilities that raised sharp criticism on injury to life private .
"From the time when journalists were able to work , everything I tried to do was justified ," said Edward Snowden again at the Post , which released in June, the British newspaper The Guardian, the first scoops former consultant. " Because, remember, I did not want to change society. I wanted to give the company the means to decide for itself. "
And it is precisely citizens that spoke in a statement recorded in Russia and will be broadcast on Channel 4 on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. GMT.
"Recently, we learned that our governments, working together, have set up a system of mass surveillance on a global scale , to see everything we do (...) . We have in our detectors that follow us wherever we go " pockets , says former consultant, aged 30 .
