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A woman passes by the embassy of Ecuador, in Moscow, Russia, 24 June 2013. Source: EPA/Sergei Ilnitsky


Snowden not on flight to Cuba, whereabouts unclear

Snowden not on flight to Cuba, whereabouts unclear

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...
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NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, an analyst with a U.S. defence contractor, is seen in this file still image taken from video during an interview by The Guardian in his hotel room in Hong Kong June 6, 2013. (Reuters/Glenn Greenwald/Laura Poitras)


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A UK Home Office Carrier Alert notice about NSA leaker Edward Snowden is seen at an airline check-in counter at Chiang Mai airport in Thailand, Friday, June 14, 2013. Source: AP Photo/Arthit Suriyawongkul


NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK

NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK

Bangkok, AP—The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret US government surveillance programs, to fly to the United Kingdom. A travel alert, dated Monday on a Home Office letterhead, said...
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A security guard checks in a car at the US National Security Agency’s (NSA) data center that is under construction in Bluffdale, Utah, USA, 07 June 2013. When this data center opens in the Fall of 2013 it will be the largest spy data center for the NSA. (EPA/George Frey)


NSA contractor says he leaked surveillance data

NSA contractor says he leaked surveillance data

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...