Cologne, Germany -- Prominent German celebrities, politicians and intellectuals have come out publicly in favor of offering asylum to Nsa whistleblower Edward Snowden amid allegations the Nsa illegally spied on several German public figures, including Chancellor Angela Merkel. Actor Daniel Bruhl, who plays former Wikileaks spokesman Daniel Domscheit-Berg in Bill Condon's Julian Assange biopic The Fifth Estate, is among the group that has stepped up to support Snowden. Others include Heiner Geissler, the former general secretary of Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats, the novelist Daniel Kehlmann (The Measuring of the World), the feminist activist Alice Schwarzer, and Reinhard Rauball, the president
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- 11/4/2013
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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