Edward Snowden tells German TV that NSA is involved in industrial espionage

theguardian.com The National Security Agency is involved in industrial espionage and will take intelligence regardless of its value to national security,the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has told a German television network. In a lengthy interview broadcast on the public broadcaster ARD TV on Sunday,  Snowden said the NSA did not limit its espionage to issues of national security and cited the German engineering firm Siemens as one target. “If there's information at Siemens that's beneficial to US national interests – even if it doesn't have anything to do with national security – then they'll take that information nevertheless,” Snowden said in the interview conducted in Russia, where Snowden has claimed asylum. Snowden also told the German public broadcasting network he no longer had possession of any documents or information on NSA activities and had turned everything over to select journalists. He said he did not have any control over the publication of the information. to read more: theguardian.com