A participant holds up a picture of former NSA employee <a gi-track='captionPersonalityLinkClicked' href=/galleries/search?phrase=Edward+Snowden&family=editorial&specificpeople=10983676 ng-click='$event.stopPropagation()'>Edward Snowden</a> with the word 'asylum' written above it at a protest gathering in front of the Brandenburg Gate against the electonic surveillance tactics of the NSA on July 27, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The NSA scandal has been especially contentious in Germany after media reports claimed the NSA had conducted wide scale gathering of electonic data, including e-mails, of German citizens. Activists are demonstrating against the NSA in cities across Germany today.
{"Image ImageDescription": "BERLIN, GERMANY - JULY 27:  A participant holds up a picture of former NSA employee Edward Snowden with the word \"asylum\" written above it at a protest gathering in front of the Brandenburg Gate against the electonic surveillance tactics of the NSA on July 27, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. The NSA scandal has been especially contentious in Germany after media reports claimed the NSA had conducted wide scale gathering of electonic data, including e-mails, of German citizens. Activists are demonstrating against the NSA in cities across Germany today.  (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)", "Image Copyright": "2013 Getty Images"}