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  Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, who leaked US classified documents

  World | September 26, 2022 23:49 IST

  Edward Snowden, a former contractor with the US National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the US after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs.

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  Edward Snowden obtains open-ended Russian residence permit

  World | October 23, 2020 18:46 IST

  Edward Snowden, the former US National Security Agency contractor who leaked classified documents on American surveillance programmes, has obtained Russia's open-ended residence permit, his lawyer told the media

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  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to interview Edward Snowden, users can submit questions

  December 13, 2016 22:16 IST

  Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will interview National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden today on micro-blogging website’s live streaming app Periscope.

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  Snowden risked US national security, says White house amid plea for his clemency

  World | September 15, 2016 11:33 IST

  The White House has reiterated that Edward Snowden, a former CIA contractor who leaked classified government documents, is not a whistleblower and someone who put at risk the lives of Americans and the national security.

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  Edward Snowden gets 47GB of Twitter notifications

  October 03, 2015 18:42 IST

  New York: Edward Snowden may have found the excitement around his joining Twitter flattering, but that has actually left him flabbergasted.Snowden has been left grappling with what to do with a whopping 47GB of emails

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  Edward Snowden joins Twitter, follows only NSA

  World | September 30, 2015 10:12 IST

  New York: Edward Snowden, who has confounded U.S. officials since his abrupt departure from the country two years ago, has just found a new megaphone in Twitter.The former National Security Agency worker who leaked classified

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  Council of Europe calls on US to allow Snowden return

  World | March 19, 2015 7:34 IST

  Strasbourg:The Committee of Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has called on the US to allow whistle-blower Edward Snowden to return without fear of criminal prosecution.A

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  Snowden files now snare Canadian spy agency

  World | January 29, 2015 19:04 IST

  Ottawa: Canada's electronic spy agency intercepts and analyses millions of videos and documents downloaded online everyday by people around the world to identify extremists, media reported.The Communications Security Establishment (CSE) project, named "Levitation", was carried

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  Shailene Woodley to play Edward Snowden's girlfriend

  Hollywood | November 17, 2014 17:20 IST

  Los Angeles: Actress Shailene Woodley is reportedly in talks to portray US whistleblower Edward Snowden's girlfriend in “The Snowden Files”.The 23-year-old would portray the role of Lindsay Mills, a dancer who recently moved to Moscow

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  'Citizenfour', Snowden documentary, releases in US

  Hollywood | October 28, 2014 17:01 IST

  San Francisco: "Citizenfour," a documentary about former US intelligence operative Edward Snowden, garnered praise and criticism over the weekend in its debut at US theatres, while the US remains divided between those who consider him

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  In 2010 NSA was authorised to carry out surveillance on BJP

  Politics | July 01, 2014 15:10 IST

  Washington: America's top spy agency was authorised by a US court in 2010 to carry out surveillance on the BJP along with five other political organisations across the globe, including Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and Pakistan

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  Whistleblower Edward Snowden may extend asylum in Russia

  World | June 05, 2014 7:07 IST

  Moscow: Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could extend his refugee status in Russia, his lawyer said on Wednesday."Everything is fine, we are dealing with issues to extend the status, so everything is ok," Interfax

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  Brazil denies Edward Snowden's request for asylum

  World | June 03, 2014 8:32 IST

  Rio de Janeiro: The Brazilian foreign ministry on Monday denied that US intelligence contractor-turned-whistleblower Edward Snowden has formally requested Brazil for asylum.In an interview aired by local TV station Globo Sunday evening, Snowden, whose temporary

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  U.S. secret service wants to kill me, says Edward Snowden

  World | January 27, 2014 11:47 IST

  Berlin: Former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden claimed on Sunday that US government officials are out to kill him. They ‘want to kill me', he said  in an interview with a German public

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  The person of the year 2013: Edward Snowden

  World | December 30, 2013 6:54 IST

  New Delhi: 2013 has lived up to its billing of being an entirely nasty year. The simple chore for us here is to sift through the year's massive luggage of political and socio economic actions

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  India raises snooping issue again with US

  India | December 04, 2013 18:17 IST

  New Delhi: Concerned over US intelligence snooping over it as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden, India has raised the issue with the Deputy Chief of Mission of the US embassy here protesting against spying which

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  Australian PM defends spying on Indonesian President

  World | November 19, 2013 20:19 IST

  Melbourne: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott today defended as “reasonable” his country's spying activities as he rejected Indonesia's demand for an apology over the alleged snooping on its President that has triggered diplomatic tension between

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  Text of Snowden letter released by German lawmaker

  World | November 01, 2013 21:16 IST

  Berlin: The text of a letter that German lawmaker Hans-Christian Stroebele says National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden gave him during a meeting on Thursday in Moscow. Stroebele released the letter on Friday.“To whom it

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  Snowden is not a patriot: Obama

  World | August 10, 2013 9:27 IST

  Washington, Aug 10:  Days after a U.S. lawmaker compared Edward Snowden with Mahatma Gandhi, the U.S. President Barack Obama said the former whistleblower who leaked to the world the secretive internet and phone surveillance programs,

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  Obama 'disappointed' in Russia's Snowden decision

  World | August 07, 2013 10:23 IST

  Burbank, California, Aug 7: President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he was “disappointed” that Russia had granted temporary asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, defying Obama administration demands that the former government contractor