Icelandic MP Offers NSA Leaker Asylum Assistance

Iceland for Snowden?

Reason Staff | 6.11.2013 11:32 AM

Icelandic member of parliament and privacy rights campaigner Birgitta Jonsdottir has offered asylum assistance to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.

In a statement with Smari McCarthy, executive director of Icelandic Modern Media Initiative, Jonsdottir said she felt duty bound to help and advise the 29-year-old:

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alan_s 11 years ago

I hope somebody helps the guy out.

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