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• President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’

  
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  President Barack Obama defended top secret National Security Agency spying programs as legal in a lengthy interview and called them transparent — even though they are authorised in secret. Read more from the original source: President Obama says NSA secret data gathering is ‘transparent’ The post President ...
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• AP IMPACT: Snowden’s life surrounded by spycraft

  
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  FORT MEADE, Maryland (AP) — In the suburbs edged by woods midway between Baltimore and Washington, residents long joked that the government spy shop next door was so ultra-secretive its initials stood for “No Such Agency.” But when Edward Snowden grew up here, the National Security Agency’s looming presence ...
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• U.S. Spy agencies Swapping Classified Data With Thousands of Firms

  
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  So are we saying that the Obama campaign could have had data on United States citizens for the sole purpose of winning the election? Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving ...
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• Survey: Many Americans say ‘Big Brother’ is here

  
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  There’s little wonder why George Orwell’s novel 1984 is seeing a resurgence in sales. More than half of Americans polled in a survey released Thursday said they agreed with the statement “We are really in the era of Big Brother.” The survey from the University of Southern California was conducted last year, ...
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• Snowden may be called to Legco over hacking claims, says Hong Kong lawmaker

  
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  A lawmaker familiar with security issues said he was considering inviting US whistleblower Edward Snowden to the Legislative Council to give evidence on alleged US hacking activities on Hong Kong. “I am interested to know how vulnerable our cyber systems are, and I want to ask Mr Snowden questions and verify his ...
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• ‘What a hypocrite’: Chinese bloggers lash out at US after Snowden revelations

  
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  Revelations by whistle-blower Edward Snowden that Washington has been hacking mainland China and Hong Kong for years triggered scathing criticism from Sina Weibo users on Thursday, many of whom up until now have held the US government as a role model for protecting human rights and freedom of speech. On Weibo, ...
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• Why CUHK? Data centre, satellite station may be targets of cyber attacks

  
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  Several advanced academic and research facilities at the Chinese University of Hong Kong may have been targeted by foreign intelligence agencies for cyber attacks. Read more: Why CUHK? Data centre, satellite station may be targets of cyber attacks The post Why CUHK? Data centre, satellite station may be targets ...
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• Snowden’s teen years at a Japanese anime start-up

  
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  Long before he became known worldwide as the NSA contractor who exposed top-secret US government surveillance programs, Edward Snowden worked for a Japanese anime company run by friends and went by the nicknames “The True HOOHA” and “Phish.” In 2002, he was 18 years old, a high-school dropout and his parents ...
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• One in 3 Americans see NSA leaker Edward Snowden as ‘patriot’ than traitor

  
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  Roughly one in three Americans say the former security contractor who leaked details of top-secret US surveillance activity is a patriot and should not be prosecuted, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. Some 23 per cent of those surveyed said former National Security Agency contractor Edward ...
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• Leaker mysterious despite hours of interviews

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who told the world about the U.S. government’s gigantic data grab also talks a lot about himself. Mostly through his own words, a picture of Edward Snowden is emerging: fresh-faced computer whiz, high school dropout, wanna-be Army commando, disillusioned cog in a secret bureaucracy. He ...
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• NSA leaker mysterious despite hours of interviews

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who told the world about the U.S. government’s gigantic data grab also talks a lot about himself. Mostly through his own words, a picture of Edward Snowden is emerging: fresh-faced computer whiz, high school dropout, wannabe Green Beret, disillusioned cog in a secret bureaucracy. He’s ...
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• NSA director: Programs disrupted dozens of attacks

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency vigorously defended once-secret surveillance programs as an effective tool in keeping America safe, telling Congress on Wednesday that the information collected disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks without offering details. Excerpt from: NSA ...
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• US intelligence chief: Programs disrupted attacks

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the National Security Agency said Wednesday that once-secret surveillance programs disrupted dozens of terrorist attacks, explicitly describing for Congress how the programs worked in collecting Americans’ phone records and tapping into their Internet activity. Vigorously ...
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• NSA director: Secret surveillance has thwarted dozens of attacks

  
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  Secret US surveillance has thwarted dozens of potential attacks, the head of the National Security Agency said on Wednesday as he defended his agency after leaks revealed hidden programs. “It’s classified, but it’s dozens of terrorist events that these have helped prevent,” NSA chief General Keith Alexander ...
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• Lawmakers concerned over US surveillance programs

  
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  WASHINGTON (AP) — The former spy agency contractor who fled to Hong Kong to leak U.S. secrets said he is not there to hide from justice and has faith in “the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.” “I am neither traitor nor hero. I’m an American,” Edward Snowden declared to the South China ...
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• NSA leaker Snowden says he’s not avoiding justice

  
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  HONG KONG (AP) — The former CIA employee who leaked top-secret information about U.S. surveillance programs said in a new interview in Hong Kong on Wednesday that he is not attempting to hide from justice here but hopes to use the city as a base to reveal wrongdoing. Edward Snowden dropped out of sight after ...
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• EXCLUSIVE: Whistleblower Edward Snowden talks to South China Morning Post

  
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  Surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden has spoken for the first time since blowing his own cover in an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post. The ex-CIA analyst has been holed up in secret locations in Hong Kong since fleeing Hawaii ahead of highly sensitive leaks revealing details of US top-secret ...
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• What Hong Kong’s Chinese papers say about Edward Snowden

  
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  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s flight to Hong Kong might be a vote-of-confidence in the city’s tradition of free speech, but it creates a difficult problem for the government to handle, Hong Kong’s Chinese-language papers say. Sing Tao Daily hailed the 29-year-old ex-CIA worker’s choice of the city as a ...
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• Edward Snowden case will not hurt US and Hong Kong ties, trade official says

  
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  A top US official has sought to send a reassuring message that ties between the US and Hong Kong would not be adversely affected by the controversy surrounding US whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Francisco Sanchez, undersecretary for international trade at the US Department of Commerce, said during an interview with ...
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• White House sidesteps Edward Snowden ‘traitor’ debate

  
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  The White House on Tuesday stopped short of branding Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old American who leaked details of a vast US telephone and internet surveillance programme, a “traitor”. US President Barack Obama’s spokesman Jay Carney fended off all questions about Snowden, who was last known to be in Hong Kong, ...
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