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NSA leaker Snowden live chats with Guardian while in hiding

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 10:38:02 MDT

NSA leaker Snowden live chats with Guardian while in hiding

By KIMBERLY DOZIER The Associated Press

Updated Jun 17, 2013 10:38AM MDT

WASHINGTON • NSA leaker Edward Snowden is defending his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian and attacking U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. “The U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me,” he said. He added the government “immediately and predictably destroyed any possibility of a fair trial at home,” by labeling him a traitor, and indicated he would not return to the U.S. voluntarily. Congress...

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Manning trial resumes as new leak scandal unfolds

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 22:03:34 MDT

Manning trial resumes as new leak scandal unfolds

By DAVID DISHNEAU and JESSICA GRESKO The Associated Press

Updated Jun 10, 2013 10:03PM MDT

Fort Meade, Md. • Army Pfc. Bradley Manning’s court-martial for giving hundreds of thousands of sensitive documents to WikiLeaks entered its second week Monday in a fresh spotlight cast by a brand-new leak by another low-level intelligence employee. Like Manning, Edward Snowden could find himself hauled into court by the U.S. government after he unmasked himself Sunday as the leaker who exposed the nation’s secret phone and Internet surveillance programs to reporters. Legal experts closely foll...