Snowden
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Snowden attacks Aadhaar authorities, says journalist who exposed data breach deserves an award
India | Jan 09, 2018, 12:00 PM ISTCriticising Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Twitter, Snowden said instead of an investigation, the journalist needed to be rewarded for exposing that the Aadhaar data was not fullproof and could be obtained at a cost of only Rs 50
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Snowden would go to prison to return to US
World | Oct 07, 2015, 09:29 PM ISTLondon: Edward Snowden has asked that he be allowed to return to the US and go to jail for leaking details of National Security Agency (NSA) programmes to intercept electronic communications data on a vast
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Nicolas Cage to play intelligence official in 'Snowden'
Hollywood | Feb 24, 2015, 12:10 PM ISTLos Angeles: Actor Nicolas Cage has joined the cast of Oliver Stone's “ Snowden”, which is based on the whistleblower Edward Snowden's story.Cage will play the role of a former US Intelligence Official in the
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'Citizenfour', Snowden documentary, releases in US
Hollywood | Oct 28, 2014, 05:01 PM ISTSan 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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Washington Post, Guardian win Pulitzers for NSA revelations, Snowden says prize a 'vindication'
World | Apr 15, 2014, 10:09 AM ISTNew York: Washington Post and Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service on Monday for revealing the US government's sweeping surveillance programmes in a blockbuster series of stories based on secret documents supplied
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Snowden gets Nobel prize nomination from Noregian MPs
World | Jan 30, 2014, 09:13 AM ISTOslo : Two Norwegian parliamentarians Thursday sent a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, nominating the US whistleblower Edward Snowden for the 2014 Nobel peace prize.Baard Vegard Solhjell, a former Norwegian minister from the Socialist
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Former US envoy says, Snowden should be hanged as a traitor
World | Dec 18, 2013, 09:42 AM ISTWashington: Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton has said whistleblower Edward Snowden should be hanged for treason. “My view is that Snowden committed treason, he ought to be convicted of that, and
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Snowden would help Brazil if given asylum: Report
World | Dec 17, 2013, 03:07 PM ISTRio De Janeiro: National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wrote in "an open letter to the Brazilian people'' that he would be willing to help Brazil's government investigate US spying on its soil, but that
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Revealed: NSA tracks more than 5 billion cellphones daily
World | Dec 05, 2013, 09:34 AM ISTWashington: The National Security Agency tracks the locations of nearly 5 billion cellphones every day overseas, including those belonging to Americans abroad, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.The NSA inadvertently gathers the location records of "tens
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Snowden ready to help German probe into US Spying
World | Nov 02, 2013, 11:25 AM ISTBerlin : US whistleblower Edward Snowden is willing to help the German government to probe the US spying in Germany, including alleged monitoring of Chancellor Angela Merkel's cellphone communications, Xinhua reported.According to a Snowden letter
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Malala, Snowden nominated for European Union prize
World | Sep 17, 2013, 09:56 AM ISTBrussels: European lawmakers have nominated several candidates for the bloc's top human rights prize, including Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden.The European parliament said in a statement late on Monday they
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Snowden travelled to India before 2011: Wall Street Journal
World | Aug 29, 2013, 05:51 PM ISTWashington: CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked some of America's most closely guarded secrets, had travelled to India before 2011 but did not report the trip during his background-check process."The background checkers failed to verify
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Snowden may get temporary shelter if granted asylum in Moscow
World | Jul 29, 2013, 08:46 PM ISTMoscow, July 29: Fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden could be placed in a temporary refugee shelter outside Moscow if his asylum request is approved by Russia, officials said on Monday."The thing is that there
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Snowden could leave Moscow airport in a week
World | Jul 18, 2013, 01:29 PM ISTMoscow, July 18: Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden could be allowed to leave the Moscow airport in a week to await a decision on his request for asylum in Russia, an attorney for the
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Russia-US ties more important than Snowden: Putin
World | Jul 17, 2013, 05:20 PM ISTMoscow, July 17: The relationship between Russia and the US is more important than any intelligence scandal, President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday."International relations, in my opinion, are more important than the special services' hassles," Putin
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Snowden officially seeks temporary asylum in Russia
World | Jul 17, 2013, 06:54 AM ISTMoscow, July 17: Edward Snowden, the US whistleblower, has filed an official request for temporary asylum in Russia, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said Tuesday."Because Snowden cannot leave the transit area of the Sheremetyevo (Airport), he completed
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Snowden to leave Russia when opportunity emerges: Putin
World | Jul 16, 2013, 09:11 AM ISTMoscow, July 16: American whistleblower Edward Snowden will leave Russia when the opportunity emerges, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said."He has arrived in our territory without invitation, he didn't fly to us, he arrived as
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Journalist: Edward Snowden has 'blueprints' to NSA
World | Jul 15, 2013, 11:43 AM ISTRio de Janeiro, Jul 15: Edward Snowden has highly sensitive documents on how the National Security Agency is structured and operates that could harm the U.S. government, but has insisted that they not be made
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Obama discusses Snowden's status with Putin
World | Jul 13, 2013, 02:42 PM ISTWashington, July 13: US President Barack Obama discussed the status of Edward Snowden with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Friday, hours after the former US spy agency contractor made clear his intention to seek political
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White House criticizes Russia for Snowden meeting
World | Jul 13, 2013, 08:58 AM ISTWashington, Jul 13: The White House criticized Russia on Friday for allowing National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to meet with human rights activists, calling it a “propaganda platform” for the man who seeks to