In these times, and considering who has received the award which is now covered in the blood of women and children, even whole nations, making it basicly meaningless..... it just may be!

Edward Snowden Wins Whistleblower Award In Germany!

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has been awarded the biennial “whistleblower prize” in Germany, worth some $3,900, in recognition of his “bold efforts” to expose the monitoring of communications data by his former employer.

The prize, last awarded in 2011, was officially bestowed upon the 30-year-old at a ceremony in Berlin which took place Friday, prompting a nine-minute congratulatory video message from Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald on Saturday.

“If I ran the committee, making the choice of who was to receive this award, it would take me probably one and a half seconds at most to have come to the conclusion that he is the only person deserving of the award this year,” said Greenwald, who published Snowden's leaks, in the honorific speech released in response to the news.

“He told me in good conscience that he could not sit by quietly and allow privacy and Internet freedom to be destroyed while doing nothing about it.

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Here's the 10-minute address I taped for the Berlin award ceremony where Snowden received 2013 Whistleblower Award

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhghCkwk0E&feature=player_embedded

Whistleblower Award - Jacob Appelbaum answers for Edward Snowden

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW8lRCqYI6U#t=108

The Nobel Peace Prize lost all credibility when it was awarded to Obama anyway. He received this award just as he became president, exactly what had he done to promote world peace? To mention Obama with the likes of Nelson Mandela, MLK, Mother Teresa and others that spent their live's sacrificing and working for peace in the world is a travesty!
But then again, Yasser Arafat received it too, so I guess there are a lot of similarities and precedents for giving it to undeserving people too

Sehr gut! :)


the EU is very concerned about privacy. they are in a huge battle with google over monitoring and data collection so it is consistent that they support Snowden.

What is ironic, and not so consistent, is that they give an award to someone who is being sought for prosecution by the SAME MAN they gave a peace prize to...lol

does no one else see the irony???

This administration IS the definition of Irony.
The most "transparent" administration is ending up the most obstructive and secret one. Just one of many ironies.

right. that list could be a long one (list of ironies) and a thread of it own

but this irony is for the Germans....I wonder if they perceived the irony before the Snowden award!?!?!?! (I like the Germans BTW. Lived there briefly as a young person). :)