The Google employee who helped Edward Snowden in Hong Kong

Posted on June 18, 2023 by Admin

Ten years on, William Fitzgerald, then a 27-year-old policy worker, tells of his part in the story and explores how tech has changed since

Early on the morning of 10 June 2013, Hong Kong time, the journalist Glenn Greenwald and film-maker Laura Poitras published on the Guardian site a video revealing the identity of the NSA whistleblower behind one of the most damning leaks in modern history. It began: “My name is Ed Snowden.”

William Fitzgerald, then a 27-year-old policy employee at Google, knew he wanted to help. But he didn’t yet know how.

Putin grants Russian citizenship to US whistleblower Edward Snowden

Posted on September 26, 2022 by Admin

Former NSA intelligence contractor was given asylum in Russia after leaking secret files in 2013

President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on Monday granting Russian citizenship to the former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.

Snowden, 39, 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 US National Security Agency, where he was a contractor.

Edward Snowden has taken $1.2m in speaking fees in exile, US filing says

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Admin

US trying to strip whistleblower of profits earned since leaks
Government says speaking fees cover 67 engagements

Whistleblower Edward Snowden has earned more than $1.2m in speaking fees since he leaked confidential US material to outlets including the Guardian and went into exile in Moscow, according to a filing by the US justice department in court in Massachusetts.

Speculation grows over pardon for Edward Snowden after Trump remarks

Posted on August 14, 2020 by Admin

Trump: ‘A lot of people think he is not being treated fairly’
Congressman calls for Trump to pardon NSA whistleblower

Speculation is growing over whether Donald Trump might pardon Edward Snowden after the US president told an interviewer that the exiled former intelligence operative was “not being treated fairly”.

Edward Snowden in exile: ‘you have to be ready to stand for something’ – video

Posted on September 13, 2019 by Admin

Edward Snowden has spent the last six years living in exile in Russia and has now decided to publish his memoirs, Permanent Record. In the book he reflects on his life leading up to the biggest leak of top secret documents in history, and the impact this had on his relationship with his partner, Lindsay Mills. The Guardian's Ewen MacAskill, who helped break Snowden's story in 2013, has been given exclusive access to meet him