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FILE PHOTO: Sandy Phan-Gillis, arrested on suspicion of spying by Chinese authorities in March 2015 while visiting the country as part of a trade delegation from Houston, is seen in an undated photo taken and provided by her husband Jeff Gillis. Picture courtesy of Jeff Gillis/Handout via Reuters


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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani/ AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi, file


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Picture shows the General Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (AFP Photo) / AFP


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In this image released by Radius TWC, Edward Snowden (L) appears with Glenn Greenwald in a scene from ‘Citizenfour,’ a documentary that intimately captures Snowden during his leak of NSA documents. (AP Photo/Radius TWC)


Review: Citizenfour

Review: Citizenfour

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A slim, but innocuous-looking man with ashen skin and dark circles under his eyes studies himself in the mirror of his Hong Kong hotel room, where he has been hiding out for over a week. The TV screen by him is playing the day’s leading world...
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FILE – This Sept. 19, 2007 file photo shows the National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)


Opinion: The rising cost of globalization

Opinion: The rising cost of globalization

In the Hollywood movie Enemy of the State, Will Smith plays a simple citizen who has to confront the technological capabilities of the state. Satellites can locate your position at all times while your mobile phone’s signal can also be picked up at all times and used...