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US contractor risks steep jail time for data leak

The man who exposed two sweeping US surveillance programs touching off a debate on privacy versus security, has revealed his own identity. He risks decades in prison for the disclosures to reporters – if the US can extradite him from Hong Kong where he says he has taken refuge.

 

Edward Snowden, 29, who says he worked as a contractor at the National Security Agency and the CIA, allowed The Guardian and The Washington Post newspapers to reveal his identity Sunday. Both papers have published a series of top-secret documents outlining two NSA surveillance programs. (AP)

 

 


פרסום ראשון: 06.10.13, 19:37