We're not quite in "enemy of your enemy is my friend" territory, but in the wake of revelations that the NSA was monitoring German chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone, Germany would suddenly like to hear more from Edward Snowden. According to the Associated Press, Germany's Interior Minister, Hans-Peter Friedrich, would like to find a way for Snowden to address the country's lawmakers. Thomas Oppermann, a lawmaker who heads a parliamentary panel that oversees German intelligence, said on Twitter that if there's an opportunity to hear Snowden as a witness without endangering him and without "completely ruining" German-U.S. relations, it should be taken.



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