INTERVIEWS, STATEMENTS, TESTIMONY, and APPEARANCES
IN 2013 AND 2014      (View 2015 here)

Edward Snowden Wins the Winston Award

December 16, 2014

Edward Snowden wins Winston Award

Edward Snowden Accepting the Carl von Ossietzky Award

December 14, 2014

Edward Snowden gets human rights award in Berlin

Statement on the Belgacom Hack

December 13, 2014

The Inside Story Of How British Spies Hacked Belgium’s Largest Telco

Full statement

CATO Institute: Surveillance, Privacy & Civil Liberties

December 12, 2014

Conversation with Edward Snowden

Interview with SVT (Swedish Television News)

December 11, 2014

Snowden: ”Fair trial would be great”

Edward Snowden on the advice he received from Daniel Ellsberg

Edward Snowden says in the interview with SVT that he violated US law

Snowden about Russia: "Much to criticize"

Snowden wants to come to Sweden

Snowden's Tips: How to protect yourself

Edward Snowden at the Amnesty International France Conference: International Day of Human Rights.

December 10, 2014

Edward Snowden to address French public

Efficiency no justification for criminal activity - Snowden on CIA torture report

Edward Snowden Accepting the Right Livelihood Award

December 1, 2014

The Right Livelihood Award

Edward Snowden Accepting the 2014 Ordfront Democracy Prize

November 15, 2014

Edward Snowden wins 2014 Ordfront Democracy Prize

#EncryptNews Conference in Washington, DC

November 7, 2014

Digital security conference on Nov. 7th will bring together many of the nation's best reporters and technologists

ECCHR Berlin Conference

November 7, 2014

European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights (ECCHR)

Opening Ceremony at DOK Leipzig 2014

October 27, 2014

Background: Edward Snowden's Introduction of CITIZENFOUR at DOK Leipzig 2014

Interview with The Nation

October 27, 2014

Edward Snowden: A ‘Nation’ Interview

Audio excerpts:

Interview with the ACLU

October 24, 2014

Edward Snowden: One-on-One in Moscow

Festival of Liberty in Brussels

October 23, 2014

Festival Des Libertes

Interview with Lawrence Lessig

October 20, 2014

Transcript of Snowden's interview with Lawrence Lessig (Source)

Edward Snowden Interviewed by Lawrence Lessig

Background:  Snowden, Institutional Corruption & the “Vilified Whistleblower”

Journalism in the Age of Mass Surveillance

October 16, 2014

Journalism in the age of mass surveillance: safeguarding journalists and their sources

The Observer Ideas Festival

October 12, 2014

Edward Snowden: state surveillance in Britain has no limits

About the Observer Ideas Festival

Interview with The New Yorker

October 11, 2014

The Virtual Interview: Edward Snowden

CITIZENFOUR

October 10, 2014

Watch CITIZENFOUR online

CITIZENFOUR official website

Edward Snowden on Receiving the Right Livelihood Award - "Alternative Nobel"

September 25, 2014

Edward Snowden and Alan Rusbridger receive Right Livelihood award

Edward Snowden at The Moment of Truth in New Zealand

September 15, 2014

Op-Ed: Mass Surveillance in New Zealand

September 15, 2014

Snowden: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Isn't Telling the Truth About Mass Surveillance

Statement to Internet Ungovernance Forum - Istanbul, Turkey

September 5, 2014

Statement to Internet Ungovernance Forum by Edward Snowden

Interview with Wired

August 13, 2014

Edward Snowden: The Untold Story
Call Me Ed: A Day With Edward Snowden
Meet MonsterMind, the NSA Bot That Could Wage Cyberwar Autonomously
Snowden: I Left the NSA Clues, But They Couldn’t Find Them

Edward Snowden at HOPE X

July 19, 2014

Interview with The Guardian

July 17, 2014

Edward Snowden interview - the edited transcript
I, spy: Edward Snowden in exile
Edward Snowden urges professionals to encrypt client communications
Snowden: Dropbox is hostile to privacy, unlike 'zero knowledge' Spideroak
Edward Snowden condemns Britain's emergency surveillance bill

Edward Snowden's Testimony at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Whistleblower Protection

June 24, 2014

Edward Snowden: I left it to others to decide what to reveal

Video of Snowden's testimony

Audio podcast of Snowden's testimony

Edward Snowden recognizes the Liberty Awards 2014 Excellence in Journalism winners

June 19, 2014

British Columbia Civil Liberties Association: Liberty Awards 2014 Recipients

Edward Snowden's Message at the Courage Launch Event

June 11, 2014

Courage launches with Stand With Snowden campaign

Interview with L'Espresso

June 6, 2014

Edward Snowden: "The campaign for the reform of mass surveillance can be won"

Edward Snowden at the Personal Democracy Forum 2014

June 5, 2014

[Transcript] Surveillance and Its Discontents: A Conversation Across Cyberspace with Edward Snowden and John Perry Barlow

Personal Democracy Forum 2014

Email to ACLU Supporters Reflecting on the Past Year

June 4, 2014

A Message From Edward Snowden, One Year Later

Statement in Support of "Reset the Net"

June 4, 2014

Edward Snowden’s statement in support of Reset the Net

Accepting the EPIC Champion of Freedom Award

June 2, 2014

Edward Snowden - Accepting EPIC Champion of Freedom Award

Transcript of Edward Snowden's statement to EPIC

Interview on Fantástico

June 1, 2014

Watch the interview in English

Interview and transcript (in Portuguese)

Statement on the Release of Email by U.S. Officials

May 29, 2014

Edward Snowden responds to release of e-mail by U.S. officials

Email Released:  Edward J. Snowden email inquiry to the NSA Office of General Counsel

Interview with Brian Williams

May 28, 2014

Transcript of the Snowden NBC interview with Brian Williams

Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden (NBC News)

The Edward Snowden clips NBC didn’t broadcast on TV

Interview with Stern Magazine

May 27, 2014

"Ich weiß, wann Sie ins Bett gegangen sind - und mit wem"

Read about this in English: Snowden Says Would Have Much to Tell German Inquiry

Interview with GQ

May 12, 2014

Exclusive: Edward Snowden on Why He Partnered With Glenn Greenwald

Statement on the Danish Tabloid Spying Scandal

May 4, 2014

Big things are happening in Denmark  (Statement in English appears at bottom of story)

Background:  Danish magazine at the centre of a phone hacking-style scandal

Edward Snowden at the Munk Debate on State Surveillance

May 2, 2014

The Munk Debate on State Surveillance

Transcript of Snowden's statement to the Munk Debates

Vanity Fair: Special Report

May Issue, 2014

The Snowden Saga: A Shadowland of Secrets and Light

Accepting the Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling

April 30, 2014

The Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling - 2014

Transcript of the full Ridenhour Truth-Telling Prize Ceremony

Inauguration Ceremony at the University of Glasgow

April 23, 2014

Snowden statement on inauguration as rector at University of Glasgow

Edward Snowden Asks Vladimir Putin About Surveillance

April 17, 2014

Edward Snowden:  Vladimir Putin must be called to account on surveillance just like Obama

Statement on The Guardian and The Washington Post Winning the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service

April 14, 2014

Edward Snowden on Pulitzer winners: 'Their work has given us a better future'

Edward Snowden's Testimony at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe - Mass Surveillance

April 8, 2014

Edward Snowden testifies by video-link at hearing on ‘mass surveillance’

Transcript of Snowden's testimony to Council of Europe

Edward Snowden at the Amnesty International Human Rights Conference 2014 in Chicago

April 5, 2014

Transcript of Edward Snowden at Amnesty International Conference in Chicago

Snowden, Greenwald urge caution of wider govt monitoring at Amnesty event

Statement on the Obama Administration’s NSA Reform Plan

March 25, 2014

Edward Snowden Statement on Administration’s NSA Reform Plan

Edward Snowden at TED 2014

March 18, 2014

TED 2014 transcript

We don’t have to give up liberty to have security: Edward Snowden at TED2014

Statement on Dianne Feinstein and the CIA

March 11, 2014

Snowden: Feinstein a Hypocrite for Blasting CIA Spying

Edward Snowden at SXSW

March 10, 2014

Edward Snowden discusses NSA leaks at SXSW: 'I would do it again'

Edward Snowden SXSW: Full Transcription and Video

Edward Snowden's Testimony Submitted to the European Parliament on the Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens

March 7, 2014

Danish interview

February 11, 2014

Dansk interview med whistlebloweren Edward Snowden  (English translation)

Edward Snowden Interview with German NDR (English Version)

January 26, 2014

Transcript of the Snowden German NDR video

Twitter Q & A

January 23, 2014

Live Q & A with Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden's Christmas Message

December 25, 2013

Interview with The Washington Post

December 23, 2013

Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished

Open Letter to the Brazilian People

December 17, 2013

Edward Snowden's 'open letter to the Brazilian people' – in full

Statement on the Federal Court Ruling That NSA's Mass Collection of Telephone Records is Unconstitutional

December 16, 2013

Judge Rules NSA Surveillance Unconstitutional

Statement on His Selection as a Foreign Policy Global Thinker

December 11, 2013

Edward Snowden's Statement to FP on His Selection as a Global Thinker

Letter to Germany

October 31, 2013

Snowden in Letter to Germany: 'Speaking the Truth Is Not a Crime'

Statement in Support of the Rally Against Mass Surveillance

October 24, 2013

Statement by Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden Speaks About NSA Programs at Sam Adams Award Presentation in Moscow

October 9, 2013

View more Edward Snowden videos from the Sam Adams award presentation in Moscow

Statement to European Parliament LIBE Committee Inquiry on Electronic Mass Surveillance of EU Citizens

September 30, 2013

Snowden’s Statement to European Parliamentary Committee on ‘Greatest Human Rights Challenge of Our Time’

Statement Accepting the 2013 Whistleblower Award

August 30, 2013

Edward Snowden Warns Of 'Surveillance Gone Too Far,' Accepts Whistleblower Award By Proxy

Statement to Human Rights Groups at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport

July 12, 2013

Statement by Edward Snowden to human rights groups at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport

Full event (40 minutes - audio only)

Edward Snowden Interview - Part 2

July 8, 2013

'The US government will say I aided our enemies'

Statement from Moscow

July 1, 2013

Statement from Edward Snowden in Moscow

Requests for Asylum

June / July

Background:  Asylum requests

• Edward Snowden's letter to the president of Ecuador – full text
• Snowden's Asylum Request to Poland
• Letter Seeking Asylum in Nicaragua

The Guardian: Q & A

June 17,2013

Edward Snowden: NSA whistleblower answers reader questions

Edward Snowden Interview - Part 1

June 9, 2013

'I don't want to live in a society that does these sort of things'

Edward Snowden Interview Transcript

Interview with Jacob Appelbaum

May 2013

Edward Snowden Interview: The NSA and Its Willing Helpers

Edward Snowden's Emails to Laura Poitras

January 2013

These Are the Emails Snowden Sent to First Introduce His Epic NSA Leaks

Ed Snowden Taught Me To Smuggle Secrets Past Incredible Danger. Now I Teach You.