by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 24, 2013 | World
Moscow, AP—A plane took off from Moscow on Monday headed for Cuba, but the seat booked by National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden was empty, and there was no sign of him elsewhere on board. His whereabouts were unknown. An Aeroflot representative who...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 23, 2013 | World
Hong Kong, Reuters—A former contractor for the US National Security Agency, charged by the United States with espionage, was allowed to leave Hong Kong on Sunday because a US extradition request did not comply with the law, the Hong Kong government said. Edward...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 10, 2013 | World
Washington, AP—The man who gave classified documents to reporters, making public two sweeping US surveillance programs and touching off a debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risks decades in jail for the disclosures—if the US can...