Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The fate of the NSA leaker remains in limbo as Russia and Ecuador send mixed messages about their role in Edward Snowden’s attempt to seek asylum, ABC News reports. A spokesman for Vladimir Putin said Moscow would not help Snowden seek refuge. Snowden is stuck at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport because the U.S….
By JENNIFER STISA GRANICK and CHRISTOPHER JON SPRIGMAN New York Times The twin revelations that telecom carriers have been secretly giving the National Security Agency information about Americans’ phone calls, and that the N.S.A. has been capturing e-mail and other private communications from Internet companies as part of a secret program called Prism, have…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Federal authorities are wondering whether Edward Snowden, the leaker of widespread surveillance, can make it to Ecuador, which has offered the U.S. citizen asylum, The Wall Street Journal reports. Authorities believe Snowden is in the transit zone at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo International Airport, where Russian officials said they don’t have authority to apprehend…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Russian President Vladimir Putin maintained Tuesday that he had no authority to take custody of the NSA leaker-turned-international fugitive, The Washington Post reports. Both countries exchanged blows over the handling of Edward Snowden, who arrived in Russia from Hong Kong on Saturday. Putin told the U.S. that he had no grounds to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Russia rejected criticism today that it illegally assisted the former government contractor charged with exposing secret U.S. surveillance program, the Washington Post reports. Edward Snowden, 30, was expected to board a flight from Russia to Cuba but never did. Secretary of State John F. Kerry said the Moscow has an obligation to…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Edward J. Snowden was supposed to leave Moscow today for a flight to Havana. He never arrived. U.S. authorities were trying to determine this morning whether the former national security contractor accused of espionage has made alternative travel plans or whether Russian leaders took him into custody, The New York Times reports….
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Former Vice President Dick Cheney said the NSA database of phone and Internet records that were recently disclosed by a self-proclaimed whistleblower would have been useful in the fight against terrorism, NECN reports. “We might have been able to prevent 9/11,” said Former Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney is among those…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI is intensifying the hunt. Director Robert Mueller said the agency is stepping up efforts to arrest the defense contractor responsible for leaking information about the federal government’s sweeping surveillance programs, Reuters reports. Mueller, who confirmed an investigation is underway, said the leak damaged U.S. national security. “We are taking all…
