In the wake of the disclosures by Edward Snowden about NSA surveillance practices, a series of public hearings was held before the Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee of the European Parliament in 2013–2014. These hearings offer a wealth of information concerning the details of Snowden’s claims, their implications for privacy rights, and the way in which the transatlantic political dialogue on these issues is unfolding. However, they have yet to receive academic attention. This article suggests that the LIBE Hearings were an important platform that rendered the contested Snowden files into public evidence of contemporary surveillance practices. Drawing on the concept of “material publics” proposed by Noortje Marres and others, we examine how the material setting of LIBE was crucial to the ways in which the Snowden files were made public in Europe. Valid evidence was produced, legal issues were identified, technological solutions were fostered, and responsibilities were enacted and denied.

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斯诺登文件公开：竞争监视的实质性政治

爱德华·斯诺登（Edward Snowden）披露了国家安全局（NSA）监视做法后，2013年至2014年，欧洲议会的公民自由，司法和民政委员会（LIBE）委员会举行了一系列公开听证会。这些听证会提供了大量有关斯诺登主张的细节，其对隐私权的影响以及有关这些问题的跨大西洋政治对话的展开方式的信息。但是，它们尚未受到学术关注。本文认为，LIBE听证会是一个重要的平台，使有争议的斯诺登档案成为当代监视实践的公开证据。借鉴诺尔特·马雷斯（Noortje Marres）等人提出的“物质公众”的概念，我们研究了LIBE的素材设置如何对Snowden文件在欧洲公开的方式至关重要。产生了有效的证据，确定了法律问题，促进了技术解决方案的制定，责任被制定和拒绝。