Edward Snowden News

Edward Snowden fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after leaking secret files in 2013 that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the NSA, where he worked.

The United States is entitled to more than $5.2 million from former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden`s book royalties. A federal court ruled this week, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. In a statement, the department said the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on Tuesday also ruled in favour of setting up a trust for the government.

Snowden also suggested that action should rather be taken against UIDAI.

Snowden said it is the natural tendency of government to desire perfect records of private lives.

"If there is persecution against Comey, we will be ready to grant him political asylum as well," said Putin.

Putin granted asylum to Snowden after he leaked details of US surveillance programmes and was stranded in Moscow after his passport was cancelled.

Putin even denied that there was any persecution of gay people in Russia, despite a law being passed against the "propaganda of homosexuality among minors".

Putin has stirred a controversy by making a sexist comment in a documentary.

Russia is considering turning over Edward Snowden as a "gift" to US President Donald Trump who had said the National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower deserves to be executed for being a spy, according to a senior American intelligence official.

Russian authorities have extended US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden`s Russian residency permit by two years, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. 

A scathing US Congressional report released today branded intelligence leaker Edward Snowden a "serial exaggerator and fabricator" and said he has had continual contact with Russian intelligence services.

In a clear message to US President-elect Donald Trump, the famed National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden has said that government surveillance programmes will create "vulnerabilities" for social media users.

Le Monde has an access to US whistleblower Edward Snowden's archive in partnership with news website The Intercept.

It's a further blow for the 33-year-old US citizen and his supporters at the Norwegian branch of the PEN Club who hoped he would be able to pick up the Ossietzky prize, which celebrates "outstanding efforts for freedom of expression."

Norway's supreme court today rejected a final appeal by fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden to secure assurances he would not be extradicted to the US should he travel to Norway to collect an award.

"If we want to have a better world, we cannot hope for an Obama and we should not fear a Donald Trump. Rather we should build it ourselves," Snowden said late Thursday, addressing an audience in the Netherlands in a live video chat from Russia.

A Norwegian appeals court has rejected a lawsuit from fugitive former US spy contractor Edward Snowden against the Norwegian government, upholding the verdict of a lower court, it said on Wednesday.

The Google Allo, which is expected to compete with the likes of messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, is however already facing security concerns.

Whistleblower Edward Snowden believes that US President Barack Obama should pardon him before he leaves office in January, arguing that the disclosure by WikiLeaks of the scale of surveillance by the US and British intelligence agencies was not only morally right but had left citizens better off.

US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden called on President Barack Obama to pardon him, saying in comments published today it had been morally "necessary" to shine a light on mass surveillance.