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Statement on Edward Snowden

Wikileaks
Track 27 on NSA 
On June 23, 2013, former NSA leaker Edward Snowden fled Hong Kong for Moscow in the company of WikiLeaks activist Sarah Harrison. Snowden enlisted the help of WikiLeaks to… Read More 
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Mr Edward Snowden, the American whistleblower who exposed evidence of a global surveillance regime conducted by US and UK intelligence agencies, has left Hong Kong legally. He is bound for the Republic of Ecuador via a safe route for the purposes of asylum, and is being escorted by diplomats and legal advisors from WikiLeaks.

Mr Snowden requested that WikiLeaks use its legal expertise and experience to secure his safety. Once Mr Snowden arrives in Ecuador his request will be formally processed.

Former Spanish Judge Mr Baltasar Garzon, legal director of Wikileaks and lawyer for Julian Assange has made the following statement:

"The WikiLeaks legal team and I are interested in preserving Mr Snowden’s rights and protecting him as a person. What is being done to Mr Snowden and to Mr Julian Assange - for making or facilitating disclosures in the public interest - is an assault against the people".

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On June 23, 2013, former NSA leaker Edward Snowden fled Hong Kong for Moscow in the company of WikiLeaks activist Sarah Harrison. Snowden enlisted the help of WikiLeaks to seek political asylum in Ecuador following US requests for his extradition from Hong Kong.

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NSA
U.S. National Security Agency
  1. 1.
    Recollections from the Church Committee’s Investigation of NSA
  2. 2.
    Project Shamrock
  3. 3.
    The Church Committee and FISA
  4. 5.
    Statement for the Record for Church Committee Hearing
  5. 6.
    The Path to Power
  6. 7.
    National Security Agency Awards Concept Studies for TRAILBLAZER
  7. 9.
    Department of Justice Letter on Warrantless Wiretapping
  8. 10.
    Now We Know What The Battle Was About
  9. 11.
    Testimony Regarding Illegal NSA Activity
  10. 12.
    Letter to Congress on NSA Spying
  11. 13.
    Letter Regarding NSA Warrantless Wiretapping
  12. 14.
    The NSA Is Building The Country’s Biggest Spy Center (Watch What You Say)
  13. 15.
    The Fed Who Blew The Whistle
  14. 16.
    Interview On NSA Whistleblowing (Full Transcript)
  15. 17.
    Facts On The Collection of Intelligence Pursuant to Section 702
  16. 20.
    Statement on Edward Snowden
  17. 21.
    Statements at Senate Intelligence Hearing
  18. 22.
    Public Q&A
  19. 23.
    Contact-Chaining Memo
  20. 24.
    Letter to Congress on NSA Spying
  21. 26.
    Criminal Complaint Against NSA, James Clapper
  22. 27.
    Statement on Edward Snowden
  23. 28.
    “Insider Threat” Government Program
  24. 29.
    On United States Surveillance of European Unions
  25. 30.
    Interview Regarding Edward Snowden, Cyber Security, And Transparency
  26. 31.
    State Department Brief on Edward Snowden
  27. 33.
    Internal Audit, May 2012
  28. 34.
    Q&A on the Detention of David Miranda at Heathrow Airport
  29. 35.
    Statement on the Declassification of 2011 FISA Court Ruling on 4th Amendment Violations
  30. 36.
    NSA Order to Collect Verizon Phone Records
  31. 37.
    Letter to Darrell Issa Requesting Phone Records for IRS Investigation
  32. 38.
    Background (docket no. BR 13-109)
  33. 39.
    Fourth Amendment (docket no. BR 13-109)
  34. 40.
    Section 215 (docket no. BR 13-109)
  35. 41.
    Conclusion (docket no. BR 13-109)
  36. 42.
    Order Approving Bulk Collection Pursuant to Section 501 (5/24/06)
  37. 43.
    Supplemental Opinion RE: Production of “Tangible Things” (No. BR 08-13)
  38. Briefing on 2008 FISA Amendments
  39. Intelligence Activities: The NSA and Fourth Amendment Rights
  40. NSA Spying on World Leaders -- Secret Memo
  41. 2009 IG Report on Stellar Wind
  42. Remarks on NSA Wiretapping, PRISM
  43. Open Letter to President Obama: Global Government Surveillance Reform
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