Friday, June 21, 2013

US Charges Snowden With Espionage

Federal prosecutors have filed a sealed criminal complaint against Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked a trove of documents about top-secret surveillance programs, and the United States has asked Hong Kong to detain him on a provisional arrest warrant, according to U.S. officials.

Snowden was charged with espionage, theft and conversion of government property, the officials said.
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6 comments:

Anastasia Theodoridis said...

Didn't Obama once promise tp protect whistle-blowers? Pretty dismal record of it so far.

David Di Giacomo said...

This is backwards. The U.S. government is the one who should be charged with espionage and theft.

Anonymous said...

This just makes me sick. It's a total downward descent.

Anonymous said...

Edward Snowden is a hero.

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