US Charges Snowden With Espionage, Asks Hong Kong To Arrest Him -- Ars Technica
Meanwhile, Icelandic supporters stand ready to fly him to the north Atlantic.
On Friday, former NSA contractor Edward Snowden was formally charged by the United States government with espionage, theft, and conversion of government property in a sealed criminal complaint in the Eastern District Court of Virginia. According to the Washington Post citing anonymous sources, the United States has also asked Hong Kong to detain Snowden on a “provisional arrest warrant.”
Snowden, of course, famously leaked a series of documents to The Guardian and The Washington Post—and continues to do so. On Friday, the UK-based paper revealed that a British spy agency has been involved in tapping communications directly from fiber optic cables passing through the United Kingdom, based on documents Snowden provided.
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My Comment: They are now going to put the heat on him .... especially after today's leaks.
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