Tag: Edward Snowden
Putin grants citizenship to U.S whistle-blower Snowden
In September 2022, Snowden's name appeared without Kremlin comment in a Putin decree conferring citizenship on 72 foreign-born individuals.
Snowden not a traitor – Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he believes former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden was wrong to leak…
Whistleblower, Edward Snowden, begs Obama for pardon
Edward Snowden argued in a new interview that his massive leak of NSA surveillance activities was “not only morally right”…
Snowden’s girlfriend joins him in Russia
US fugitive Edward Snowden, who was granted asylum by Moscow after revealing the extent of US global surveillance, has been…
Snowden didn’t raise concerns internally – NSA
The National Security Agency was unable to find evidence that leaker Edward Snowden ever raised concerns internally about its sweeping…
Snowden applies to extend Russia stay
Fugitive United States intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has formally requested to stay in Russia past July 31, when his one-year…
Snowden seeks asylum in sunny Brazil
Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, wanted by United States authorities and currently living in Russia, said in a television interview…
China accuses US of ‘hypocrisy and double standards’
China’s defence ministry on Tuesday denounced the US for “hypocrisy and double standards” after a first-ever US indictment of Chinese…
Washington Post, London Guardian share Pulitzer prize
NEW YORK (AFP) – The Guardian of London and the Washington Post shared a Pulitzer Prize Monday for reporting on…
Reports: US spies on China’s telecom giant Huawei
The US National Security Agency has secretly tapped into the networks of Chinese telecom and internet giant Huawei, the New…
Russia offers US secret leaker asylum
Fugitive former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden left Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on Thursday after Russia granted him refugee status,…
Report: Uncle Sam monitors all internet users
WASHINGTON, (AFP) – A secret surveillance system known as XKeyscore allows US intelligence to monitor “nearly everything a typical user…
Spooks, Kidnappers and Saviour Obama
By Femi Fani-Kayode In an attempt to apprehend the 30-year old American whistleblower, Edward Snowden, a plane that was carrying…
Venezuela offers asylum to US most wanted fugitive
CARACAS(AFP) – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered Friday to grant asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, giving a possible…
US desperate to arrest whistle-blower Snowden
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States revoked leaker Edward Snowden’s passport Sunday and said he should be barred from travel…
Phone Espionage: China says US ‘biggest villain’
The United States is the world’s “biggest villain” for IT espionage, China’s official media said Sunday after new allegations of…
Report: British spies hack phones, internet with US
LONDON, June 22, 2013 (AFP) – Britain’s intelligence services are tapping cables that carry the world’s phone calls and Internet…