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Pompeo compares ex-security advisor John Bolton to Edward Snowden
Mike Pompeo's comments come the night before the release of Bolton's book 'The Room Where It Happened,' which contains many damning allegations against President Donald Trump
Rappler Talk with Edward Snowden: Journalism’s role when global systems fail
Whistleblower and President of the Freedom of the Press Foundation Edward Snowden talks about the rolling back of freedoms under pandemic emergency powers
Snowden warns of Web giants' 'irresistible power'
'The problem is not data protection, it's data collection' and the blind faith that internet users must have in the internet's masters, says whistleblower Ed Snowden
U.S. Justice Department sues Snowden over new book
The civil lawsuit against Edward Snowden accuses him of violating non-disclosure agreements he signed with the CIA and NSA
Edward Snowden eyes French asylum
To date, more than a dozen countries have turned down requests to take in Edward Snowden
Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden publishing memoir
'Everything that we do now lasts forever, not because we want to remember but because we're no longer allowed to forget. Helping to create that system is my greatest regret,' says Edward Snowden
Family who helped Edward Snowden asks Canada for asylum
The NGO For the Refugees cites 'humanitarian grounds' in asking Canada to extend the same refugee status it granted Filipina Vanessa Rodel and her seven-year-old daughter Keana
Locsin thanks Canada for sheltering Filipina 'Snowden refugee'
'Thank you, Canada, we owe you big time,' says Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr after Canada gave asylum status to Filipina Vanessa Rodel
Filipina who sheltered Snowden fled PH over sexual violence
Get to know Vanessa Rodel, who obtained asylum status in Canada years after sheltering US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong
Canada grants asylum to Filipina who sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong
(UPDATED) Vanessa Rodel is among a group who sheltered Edward Snowden, putting him up in her apartment in 2013 while he was in Hong Kong on the run from US authorities
European court rules against Britain over mass surveillance
Ruling in the case of Big Brother Watch and Others versus the United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, says the interception of journalistic material also violates the right to freedom of information
Germany drops probe into mass NSA surveillance
Germany's federal prosecution service says it had ended its inquiry into 'the possible mass collection of telecommunication data of the German population by British and US intelligence services'
Snowden lashes out at Hong Kong for rejecting refugees
Someone in the Hong Kong government has decided that they want to make these families disappear immediately no matter the cost Snowden says in a video
Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' face deportation – lawyer
The impoverished Philippine and Sri Lankan refugees aid the former National Security Agency contractor evade authorities in 2013 by hiding him in their cramped homes after he initiated one of the largest data leaks in US history
WikiLeaks revelations leave CIA heavily bruised
This is a historic act of devastating incompetence to have created such an arsenal and then stored it all in one place WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says
Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' seek asylum in Canada
The refugees say they have been specifically asked about their links to Snowden by Hong Kong authorities
Extradition report is 'speculation' – Snowden's lawyer
Russia has no legal basis to hand over Snowden says Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena
Russia says Snowden can stay till 2020
Snowden s residence permit has been extended until 2020 ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says
Hong Kong refugees protest to call for Snowden pardon
Around 50 protesters chant Pardon Snowden and We are not criminals as they marched to the US consulate
Snowden was a 'disgruntled' employee – House committee report
UPDATED Edward Snowden is no hero – he s a traitor who willfully betrayed his colleagues and his country says Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes
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Rights groups launch campaign for Snowden pardon
But the White House quickly said it had no intention of pardoning Snowden
Fugitive Snowden hid among Hong Kong refugees – report
A report reveals he had been given shelter by the city s 11 000 asylum seekers
Edward Snowden releases song with Jean-Michel Jarre
Exit features Snowden discussing digital surveillance to the backdrop of electronic music created by Jarre
Snowden joins Twitter, follows NSA
His Twitter account @Snowden is certified by the San Francisco based company which has more than 300 million active users worldwide
Snowden attacks Russia rights curbs as 'fundamentally wrong'
Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden calls Moscow s restrictions on the web a mistake in policy and fundamentally wrong as he accepted a Norwegian freedom of expression prize by videophone from Russia
Empty chair for Snowden prize ceremony
Norwegian authorities could not guarantee that he could come without the risk of being extradited to the United States an official from the Newth Nouri of the Norwegian Academy of Literature and Freedom of Expression says
Journalist rebuts claim that Snowden files breached
Edward Snowden who has been granted asylum in Russia is being sought by Washington which has branded him a hacker and a traitor
Britain pulls spies as Moscow cracks Snowden files – reports
The UK s Sunday Times says other government sources claim China has also accessed the documents which reveal US and British intelligence techniques leading to fears that their spies could be identified
Edward Snowden: World is rejecting mass surveillance
Snowden: Though we have come a long way the right to privacy – the foundation of the freedoms enshrined in the United States Bill of Rights – remains under threat
US Congress curbs NSA surveillance; Obama signs into law
UPDATED The US Senate passes landmark legislation that ends the government s bulk telephone data dragnet reining in the most controversial surveillance program since the 9 11 attacks of 2001
Snowden awarded freedom of expression prize in Norway
Former security contractor Edward Snowden wins a Norwegian prize for freedom of expression and receives yet another invitation to receive the award in person
With US Senate in knots, spy provisions expire
UPDATED Despite the Senate advancing a reform measure the USA Freedom Act it fails to get the Patriot Act over the finish line in time
US Senate blocks bill that would end bulk data dragnet
Efforts to extend the USA Patriot Act are also rejected increasing the prospects that the legal underpinnings of the domestic surveillance program will expire by June 1
US agents plotted to find bin Laden via meds – report
The supply chain could possibly include International Committee of the Red Cross hospitals It remains unclear if the idea was ever acted on
US House passes bill ending NSA bulk data collection
The USA Freedom Act is seen as a big win for privacy and civil rights advocates
Snowden warns US still intercepts intimate emails
The good news is that there s no program named the dick pic program The bad news: they are still collecting everybody s information – including your dick pics Snowden says
Researchers find way to hack BIOS chips
A BIOS chip boots a computer and helps load the operating system on your computer Once it is hacked someone could potentially plant malware into it
CIA worked to break Apple encryption – report
Documents the report was based on did not reveal how successful the spy efforts were but at least suggest a long effort to thwart encryption
Snowden leaks: NZ spying on Indonesia, Pacific neighbors
They take every single phone call every single email and they go straight off into databases
Snowden filmmaker says US surveillance 'out of control'
US journalist and documentarian Laura Poitras believes Edward Snowden s revelations helped to boost awareness of what the government is doing to collect information and the risk they are posing
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Pope Francis says Catholics shouldn’t “breed like rabbits The one percent will control more than half of the world’s wealth in 2016 Pacquiao gives Mayweather a deadline
British spy agency tapped journalists' emails – report
The emails were among 70 000 gathered in less than 10 minutes in 2008 by the spy agency
German parties lose court bid to quiz Snowden in Berlin
The Federal Constitutional Court says that it did not have jurisdiction in the case brought by the Greens and Left parties in October against the government and the parliamentary committee conducting the investigation
Snowden's girlfriend living with him in Russia: film
The film Citizenfour by Laura Poitras says Snowden s long time partner Lindsay Mills joined him in Moscow in July
Snowden, Pope tipped for Nobel peace prize
Predicting the winner is even harder than usual this year as the Nobel committee is picking from a record 278 candidates
Nobel season opens with Snowden, chili research spicing up predictions
While the Nobel week begins with three science prizes most of the speculation surround the coveted peace prize to be announced Friday October 10
US whistleblower Snowden wins Swedish rights prize
As an honorary award winner Snowden would not receive the prize money but the foundation said it would fund legal support for him
US threatened Yahoo with huge fine over surveillance
At one point the US government threatened an imposition of US 250 000 a day if Yahoo refused to comply with the government s requests
Turkey summons US envoy over Snowden spying claims
The reported aim is to glean information about the strategic intentions of the Turkish leadership under Recep Tayyip Erdogan who was inaugurated as president after over a decade as prime minister
