Edward Snowden causes fury for attack on Britain's new surveillance bill Defence contractor wanted for treason for leaking spy agency documents David Cameron claims new laws necessary because of Snowden's leaks Comes amid concern of new bomb making threats from Al Qaeda

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Published: 18:09 EST, 13 July 2014 | Updated: 04:45 EST, 14 July 2014

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Fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden has attacked Britain's new anti-terror legislation

Fugitive CIA worker Edward Snowden caused fury last night by attacking Britain for introducing emergency legislation to foil terrorist plots.

His critics said the new surveillance Bill was being pushed through Parliament today largely because of his treachery in leaking Britains spy secrets.

Snowden, who has become one of the worlds most wanted men, said the measures to allow the security services and police to monitor the publics phone, email and internet records defied belief.

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Whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has condemned the UKs emergency surveillance legislation being rushed through parliament.

The legislation is due to be debated on Tuesday 15 July and complete all its parliamentary stages two days later.

If passed, it will reinstate powersstruck down by the European Court of Justice in April, enabling the government to force phone and internet firms to retain and hand over data.

Justifying the move, David Cameron said: I am simply not prepared to be a prime minister who has to address the people after a terrorist incident and explain that I could have done more to prevent it.

He emphasised that the data retained would not include the content of messages and phone calls, just details of when and whom the service providers customers had called, texted and emailed.

But Snowden (pictured) said he is concerned about the speed at which it is being done, the lack of public debate and increased powers of intrusion, in an interview with The Guardian in Moscow.

He said it is very unusual for a government to pass an emergency law such as this in circumstances other than a time of total war.

Snowden likened the move to the Protect America Act introduced by the US in 2007, which used concerns about terrorist threats to justify and preserve intelligence gathering operations.

The Protect America Act was passed at the request of the NSA after revelations about the agencys warrantless wire-tapping programme.

Snowden said the bill was introduced into Congress on 1 August 2007 and signed into law on 5 August without any substantial open public debate.

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NSA WHISTLEBLOWER Edward Snowden is shocked by the fast-paced DRIP legislation in the UK parliament, and has criticised the UK government for reacting so dramatically so late.

We were only introduced to DRIP, the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act, late last week and the writing on the wall says that by the close of this week it will be in force for at least two years.

Opponents stepped forward quickly, and DRIP's detractors include the UK Pirate Party and Labour MP Tom Watson.

Edward Snowden, speaking to the Guardian newspaper, has joined the chorus of disapproval and expressed his shock at the fast moving act. DRIP "defies belief", he said, adding that it looks like it was dreamed up by the US National Security Agency (NSA).

"The NSA could have written this draft," he told the newspaper during an interview in Moscow. "They passed it under the same sort of emergency justification. They said we would be at risk. They said companies will no longer cooperate with us. We're losing valuable intelligence that puts the nation at risk."

The swift proposal, the 'emergency' justification, and the almost immediate adoption of DRIP do not impress Snowden, and he said that the UK government has turned away from the April findings of the European Court of Justice and, like others, he said that he would have preferred some informed debate.

"Is it really going to be so costly for us to take a few days to debate where the line should be drawn about the authority and what really serves the public interest?" he asked.

"If these surveillance authorities are so interested, so invasive, the courts are actually saying they violate fundamental rights, do we really want to authorise them on a new, increased and more intrusive scale without any public debate?"

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With his temporary permit expiring at the end of the month, it looks like Snowden is looking to extend his stay in Russia. Let's hope it gets approved.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-applies-extend-russia-stay-permit

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Edward Snowden has applied to extend his stay in Russia, his lawyer says.

Anatoly Kucherena said the former National Security Agency contractor had made the application to Russia's migration authorities because his one-year permit was due to expire at the end of July, according to Russian news agencies.

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