BUENOS AIRES | Donald Trump’s election as U.S. president raises concern that Washington may increase the intrusiveness of domestic intelligence gathering, former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said on Monday, warning that democratic checks and balances were losing ground to authoritarianism. […]
WASHINGTON — A House intelligence committee report on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says he’s not a whistleblower and that the vast majority of the documents he stole were military and defense secrets that had nothing to do with […]
WASHINGTON — Edward Snowden performed a “public service” in stoking a national debate about secret domestic surveillance programs, but he should still return to the U.S. to stand trial, former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a podcast released […]
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has re-applied for temporary asylum and it looks like Russia will, once again, grant his request.
MOSCOW – Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has asked Moscow to extend his asylum in Russia, his lawyer said on Wednesday. Russia granted Snowden a one-year visa in August 2013 despite the United States wanting Moscow to send him […]
Several high-profile tech companies are touting their security and privacy measures in response to NSA data collection practices.
The Washington Post’s Barton Gellman, who interviewed Edward Snowden in December in Moscow, decodes the NBC News exclusive interview with the former NSA contractor. “That’s the first time I’ve heard him say, or come close to saying, that what he […]
In an interview, Edward Snowden says he was a spy working for the CIA and NSA. Former CIA officer Lindsay Moran explains why she thinks that’s not likely, on the News Hub with Sara Murray. Photo: AP.
SYDNEY – Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, who revealed the U.S. government’s data collection programs, is now likely under the control of Russian intelligence agencies, according to former NSA Director, General Keith Alexander. Alexander, who retired on March […]
NEW YORK – Reuters won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for international reporting on the violent persecution of a Muslim minority in Myanmar, the Pulitzer Prize Board at Columbia University announced. The board commended Jason Szep and Andrew Marshall of […]
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency is telling Congress that former NSA analyst Edward Snowden gained access to at least some classified files by copying a password from a co-worker who has now resigned. The unnamed civilian employee resigned last […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The company that handled a background check on National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden allegedly defrauded the government by submitting at least 665,000 investigations that had not been properly completed, and then tried to cover it up […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Putting former NSA contractor Edward Snowden on trial for leaking U.S. surveillance information could be an awkward public spectacle for the Obama administration. More classified material could be at risk and jurors might see him as a […]
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers suggested Russia had helped NSA leaker Edward Snowden steal U.S. intelligence
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two congressmen say a classified Pentagon report on former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden asserts that most of the documents he took concerned current military operations. “The vast majority of the material was related to […]
Each Christmas, the U.K.’s Channel 4 airs an alternative to the queen’s Christmas message. This year, that broadcast featured Edward Snowden.
LONDON – Britain’s intelligence chiefs used their first ever joint public appearance to complain that documents leaked by former U.S. intelligence operative Edward Snowden had put secret operations at risk and were being “lapped up” by al Qaeda. In an […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House and the leaders of the intelligence committee in Congress are rejecting National Security Agency-contractor Edward Snowden’s plea for clemency. “Mr. Snowden violated U.S. law,” White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer said Sunday about the former […]
BERLIN (AP) — Edward Snowden is calling for international help to persuade the U.S. to drop its espionage charges against him, according to a letter a German lawmaker released Friday after meeting the American in Moscow. Snowden said he would […]
WASHINGTON – The United States said on Friday allegations that U.S. intelligence agencies tapped the mobile phone of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others in France and Italy have “posed a moment of tension” with some allies and should not undermine cooperation on […]
MOSCOW — Four former U.S. government officials who met with former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden said Thursday that he is adjusting to life in Russia and expresses no regrets about leaking highly classified information. Separately, Snowden’s father […]
(Reuters) Tue Aug 20, 2013 2:55am EDT LONDON – Britain’s authorities said on Tuesday the use of anti-terrorism powers to detain the partner of a journalist who wrote about U.S. and British surveillance programs based on leaks by Edward Snowden was […]
David Miranda was held for nine hours and had his electronic possessions seized under British anti-terrorism laws.
In an interview with the Washington Post, Lon Snowden — father of National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden — said sequestration can be blamed for his son getting access to secret data. The Washington Post’s Jerry Markon reports: Edward has said he took […]
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