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Oct 12 2014
News
Edward Snowden: It was worth it
N.S.A. leaker Edward Snowden on Saturday defended his disclosure of reams of classified information and said his actions were worth fleeing his seemingly idyllic life in Hawaii and ending up in hiding in Russia, where he was joined by his girlfriend in July. “It was about getting the information back to people so they could decide if they cared about it, and on that account … I could not have
Politico
Jun 11 2013
News
Edward Snowden is a hero
Douglas Rushkoff says the 29-year-old technology expert pressed pause and considered the harm mass surveillance is doing to human freedom.
CNN (Online News)
Jun 11 2013
Opinion
Edward Snowden's grandiosity
Some say he is a hero. I think theyre dead wrong.
Washington Post
Jun 10 2023
News
Edward Snowden reacts to Trump's classified documents indictment
American whistleblower Edward Snowden reacted to the news of Donald Trump's classified documents indictment in several posts on Twitter on Friday. Trump is facing multiple charges, including one under the Espionage Act, for the way he handled hundreds of classified documents since leaving the White House in January 2021. The former president was indicted Thursday by a grand jury in the
Newsweek
Sep 26 2022
News
Russia grants citizenship to Edward Snowden
Anti-surveillance whistleblower — and accused spy — Edward Snowden was granted Russian citizenship Monday, according to a decree signed by Vladimir Putin.
The former NSA contractor was among 75 foreign nationals given Russian citizenship with the stroke of Putin’s pen.
Snowden has been living in Russia since 2013, when he fled there after leaking classified documents that
New York Post (News)
Apr 10 2023
Opinion
The Biggest Exposure of Classified Secrets Since Edward Snowden
On the menu today, the U.S. government and its allies are grappling with the biggest exposure of classified secrets since Edward Snowden, revealing what the U.S. knows about dwindling Ukrainian air-defense assets and ammunition, our spying on ally South Korea, a possible Mossad role in Israel’s recent protests, and a Russian hack on a Canadian natural-gas pipeline that the Canadians say didn’t
Jim Geraghty
Jun 11 2013
Opinion
Edward Snowden: "Hero or Traitor"?
In my judgment based on what I know from the media thus far Snowden is neither a hero nor a traitor but he is most certainly a criminal who deserves serious punishment.
HuffPost
Sep 26 2022
News
Putin grants Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
Driving the news: Snowden fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after revealing classified documents about the U.S. government's mass surveillance program in 2013.
Snowden was granted permanent residency in Russia in
Axios
Dec 24 2013
News
Edward Snowden: 'Mission's Already Accomplished'
National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden said his mission's already accomplished after revealing NSA secrets that have caused a reassessment of U.S. surveillance policies.
HuffPost
Jan 02 2014
News
Clemency for Edward Snowden? The public is skeptical.
The New York Times editorial board wants the United States government to grant Edward Snowden some form of clemency, but the American public probably isn't so warm to the idea. Most Americans harbor a basic disagreement with the Times on Snowden – a majority believes he was wrong to disclose classified National Security Agency programs, and that such disclosures harmed national security. The
Washington Post