Germany: Snowden Approved for Honorary Doctorate

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Academics at the University of Rostock in Germany approved a proposal on Wednesday to give Edward J. Snowden, the former contractor who leaked National Security Agency documents, an honorary doctorate in recognition of the “outstanding academic achievement” he made by exposing surveillance practices in the digital age. The university’s rector could still block the decision on procedural grounds. Mr. Snowden, who has been charged with espionage and other offenses in the United States, is currently in Russia.