article_snippet.sent: Snowden speaks to European officials via videoconference during a parliamentary hearing on improving the protection of whistleblowers, at the Council of Europe in Strasbourg .
article_snippet.sent: Snowden has been branded a traitor in the US and the UK where terrorism experts have said that lives were being lost because Snowden had hampered security service operations.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden stole information which revealed how spying agencies including GCHQ and the NSA monitored citizens’ private information, including call history and emails.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden recently gave an interview to British comedian John Oliver for Snowden weekly US TV show in which Snowden admitted Snowden had not read every document Snowden leaked.
article_snippet.sent: In Snowden toughest grilling to date, Snowden said that Snowden had ‘evaluated’ all the documents but squirmed and gave non-answers when pressed.
article_snippet.sent: Snowden also acknowledged there had been a ‘f***-up’ when newspapers that were handed the classified material failed to redact sensitive details exposing operations against Al Qaeda.
highlights_snippet.sent: Snowden accused whistleblower of not being 'transparent' and being 'secretive'
  