Edward Snowden swears allegiance to Russia, receives new passport Mr Snowden was initially granted asylum in Russia in 2013 The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022
Snowden receives Russian passport, takes citizenship oath Russian news agencies say former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after revealing highly classified surveillance programs, has received a Russian passport and taken the citizenship oath The Independent UK · Dec 2, 2022
Edward Snowden gets Russian passport after swearing oath of allegiance Whistleblower is ‘happy and thankful to the Russian Federation’ for his citizenship, lawyer says The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2022
U.S. whistleblower Snowden gets a Russian passport -TASS Former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who exposed the scale of secret surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA), has sworn an oath of allegiance to Russia and received a Russian passport, TASS reported on Friday. Reuters · Dec 2, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Claims Elon Musk Is Targeting Her Twitter Account Plus: Congress remains too cautious about marijuana, myths about independent contractors, and more... Reason · Nov 4, 2022
'Laugh' At Meta's Crash Now But Zuckerberg Will 'Own Your Eyeballs' In 5 Years, Says Snowden; Is Metaverse A Threat To Humanity? Meta Platforms Inc. Benzinga · Oct 28, 2022
Chelsea Manning: ‘I struggle with the so-called free world compared with life in prison’ Nihilist, anarchist, idealist, troubled young transperson crying out for help: when a 22-year-old US military analyst leaked hundreds of thousands of classified documents, everyone thought they knew why. They were wrong, she says. This is what really happened The Guardian - UK · Oct 22, 2022
Lines between hero and villain are blurred in new Football Leaks film Documentary offers a fresh view of the hacker whose claims sent shockwaves through the game The Guardian - UK · Oct 9, 2022
US President signs executive order on US-EU personal data privacy US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Friday designed to protect the privacy of personal data transfers between the EU and the United States and address European concerns about US intelligence collection activities. Radio France Internationale · Oct 7, 2022
Political Line | The paradox of the Gandhi family fiat Here is the latest edition of the Political Line newsletter curated by Varghese K. George The Hindu · Oct 1, 2022
Putin grants NSA leaker Edward Snowden Russian citizenship Snowden fled the US in 2013 before leaking a trove of classified documents detailing the NSA’s mass surveillance programme The Independent UK · Sep 27, 2022
First Thing: Putin may formally annex Ukrainian territories on Friday UK Ministry of Defence says Putin may unveil ‘accession of occupied regions’ after referendums. Plus, welcome to pumpkin spice season The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022
The Loop: Surprise apology from supposed Optus hacker, NASA smashes into an asteroid, and a failed Neighbours heritage listing Get up to speed on today's headlines with The Loop. ABC News · Sep 27, 2022
Tuesday briefing: Three scenarios for the British economy after the pound slumps In today’s newsletter: The Guardian’s special correspondent Heather Stewart talks us through the best, worst and most likely result of another chaotic day in the money markets The Guardian - UK · Sep 27, 2022
Tribune News Service · Sep 27, 2022 News briefs NASA spacecraft rams distant asteroid in test of Earth defense
The Guardian - AU · Sep 26, 2022 Senate backlash to public hearing threshold – as it happened This blog is now closed
Benzinga · Sep 26, 2022 Edward Snowden Gets Russian Citizenship, Here's Why He Won't Be Called To Fight (For Now) Former American intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, who fled prosecution after leaking highly sensitive information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013, was granted citizenship by Russia on Monday.
WEKU · Sep 26, 2022 Putin grants Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden Snowden, a former contractor with the National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution for leaking classified documents about government surveillance programs.
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 26, 2022 Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to Edward Snowden President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former US security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday. Snowden is one of 75 foreign nationals listed by the decree as being granted Russian citizenship. The decree was published on an official government website.…
Evening Standard · Sep 26, 2022 Russia: Vladimir Putin grants US whistleblower Edward Snowden Russian citizenship The famous whistleblower fled the United States in 2013 after revealing mass surveillance efforts by the US government
Axios · Sep 26, 2022 Putin grants Russian citizenship to whistleblower Edward Snowden The former NSA contractor was given asylum in Russia after revealing the extent of the U.S. government's surveillance program.
Salon · Sep 13, 2022 America: Quit fawning over the "royals" Thomas Paine mocked the "crowned ruffians" in 1776 — worshiping these corrupt mediocrities now is embarrassing
Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 11, 2022 Poitras Documentary Wins Top Prize at Venice Film Festival “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras’s epic documentary about photographer Nan Goldin and her activism against the Sackler family and their art connections has been awarded the Golden Lion for best film at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Poitras, the American filmmaker behind the Oscar-winning Edward Snowden…
Reason · Sep 4, 2022 Glenn Greenwald on the Deep State, Capitalism, and Identity Politics "One of the things that the left and right have in common is an awareness that our government has essentially been co-opted by corporate power," says the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist.
AAP · Sep 2, 2022 Cyber key in Ukraine war, says spy chief Rachel Noble, the first woman to head up an Australian intelligence agency, says the Ukraine conflict has seen organised criminal groups engage in cyber-crime.