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David Cameron has been called out for hypocrisy by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden after the PM, who has presided over a raft of new surveillance powers, claimed his late-father\u2019s tax affairs are \u201ca private matter.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response, Snowden, who exposed the extent of GCHQ and NSA mass surveillance, tweeted: \u201cOh, now he\u2019s interested in privacy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Leaks suggest Ian Cameron did not pay British taxes on his estate for 30 years.<\/p>\n David Cameron insists he has \u201cno shares, no offshore trusts, no offshore funds<\/em>\u201d in the wake of the Panama Leaks, but declined to answer questions about his late father\u2019s business with disgraced law firm Mossack Fonseca.<\/p>\n On Monday evening, campaigners demanded Cameron come clean about his family\u2019s assets.<\/p>\n With scandals in Russia, China, UK, Iceland, Ukraine, and more, perhaps a new rule: if you’re in charge of a country, keep your money in it.<\/p>\n \u2014 Edward Snowden (@Snowden) April 5, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n Labour MP Jess Phillips said: \u201cIf he\u2019s not sure then he should find out and rectify it as soon as possible. While tax affairs for ordinary people are a private matter, he is a prime minister who has committed to stamping out tax avoidance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Whistleblower Snowden also called on other world leaders to take control of their financial assets, tweeting:<\/p>\n \u201cWith scandals in Russia, China, UK, Iceland, Ukraine, and more, perhaps a new rule: if you’re in charge of a country, keep your money in it.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n Snowden currently lives in Russia, where he has been granted asylum. He is a critic of the UK government\u2019s planned Investigatory Powers Bill, which plans to legalise the mass surveillance of British citizens in the name of national security.<\/p>\n In November 2015 he voiced his opposition to the bill, saying ministers are \u201ctaking notes on how to defend the indefensible\u201d<\/em> and that the powers would give access to \u201cthe activity log of your life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Via RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" David Cameron has been called out for hypocrisy by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden after the PM, who has presided over a raft of new surveillance powers, claimed his late-father\u2019s tax affairs are \u201ca private matter.\u201d In response, Snowden, who exposed the extent of GCHQ and NSA mass surveillance, tweeted: \u201cOh, now he\u2019s interested in privacy.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":236157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-236156","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236156\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/236157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n\n