Some background info: After the 2013 Snowden disclosures, Germany started a Parliamentary Committee [0] to investigate the extent and background of foreign sec

Some background info: After the 2013 Snowden disclosures, Germany started a Parliamentary Committee [0] to investigate the extent and background of foreign secret services spying in Germany. In fact, they ended up revealing a lot about Germany's own secret service, BND. The committee consists of 8 members: 6 govt, 2 opposition. They all agreed they should interview Snowden as a witness, but it was unclear where this would happen. Govt members voted to not interview him in Berlin and instead do a video conference to Moskow, which Snowden rejected. The opposition then sued govt parties and the committee for not inviting Snowden to Berlin. They also sued chancellor Merkel for not supporting the committee. The committee also agreed on interviewing Snowden in Moskow locally, which Snowden also rejected. Also, the US allegedly threatened Germany to stop notifying them about "plots and other intelligence matters" should they give Snowden asylum. [1] 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Parliamentary_Committee_investigating_the_NSA_spying_scandal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Parliamentary_Committee... 1: https://theintercept.com/2015/03/19/us-threatened-germany-snowden-vice-chancellor-says/ https://theintercept.com/2015/03/19/us-threatened-germany-sn...