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

[Catherina]

17. The Nuremberg principle is true "Individuals have duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes"

"I believe in the principle declared at Nuremberg in 1945: "Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes against peace and humanity from occurring.""

"I did what I believed right and began a campaign to correct this wrongdoing. I did not seek to enrich myself. I did not seek to sell US secrets. I did not partner with any foreign government to guarantee my safety. Instead, I took what I knew to the public, so what affects all of us can be discussed by all of us in the light of day, and I asked the world for justice."

That moral decision to tell the public about spying that affects all of us has been costly, but it was the right thing to do and I have no regrets.

Helluva statement Edward Snowden!