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Edward Snowden, the former defense contractor charged by U.S. authorities for leaking classified documents to the media, is seeking assurance that Norway wont extradite him if he accepts a free-speech prize in person.

Nearly three years after his historic disclosure of classified government documents, Edward Snowden maintains that the worst fears associated with his actions have yet to be realized, and that he senses public opinion is shifting in his direction.

Suitable Technologies Inc. found a good way to get people to appear at its Consumer Electronics Show booth: The company helped Edward Snowden to appear live at the show, thanks to its robot-like Beam telepresence device.

Nearly three years after his historic disclosure to journalists of classified documents, Edward Snowden says time and experience are vindicating his actions.

U.S. presidential contender Donald Trump and Edward Snowden, who leaked classified information on U.S. surveillance, are among the record 376 nominees for the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

Reader Dale Henn of St. Louis says that he believes the FBI is doing all it can to protect U.S. citizens, as it should. Claiming the FBI effort is about power denigrates the difficult job the FBI has to keep us safe in a world with terrorists. How do you view the epic battle between Apple and the FBI?...

"If other places in the world dont understand how the U.S. government works and thinks that its OK for the U.S. government to put backdoors in American information technology products then you dont have a business model that survives in a global economy where most of your revenue comes from overseas, said Scott Charney, corporate vice president for Microsofts...

Former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden joined Twitter, and quickly earned a big following. Can you hear me now? he tweeted.

An extended episode of "Last Week Tonight" featured John Oliver flying to Russia for an exclusive sit-down with Edward Snowden to discuss government surveillance.

The actor shared a first-look of the upcoming film about Edward Snowden's life.

Edward Snowden and top Obama administration officials continued lobbing intercontinental taunts at one another, showing little sign of an end to their hostilities.

The hottest political story of the last few years is coming to the big screen, as Sony Pictures has optioned journalist's Glenn Greenwald's book "No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA and the U.S. Surveillance State."

Edward Snowdens bean-spilling has taught some of the nastiest people on the planet how to avoid being caught.

The former National Security contractor knows a thing or two about how people can maximize their privacy in the digital world.

How extensive will the fallout be from the release of the so-called "Panama papers" data leak that revealed where some of the world's richest and most powerful people hide their money?

An unauthorized bust of the controversial figure was on display for several hours Monday at a Brooklyn monument to Revolutionary War prisoners.

A day after the documentary "Citizen Four" about his leaking of government documents won the Academy Award in the documentary feature category, Edward Snowden andwered questions in an "ask me anything" session on Reddit.

A documentary offers a glowing portrait of Edward Snowden, who leaked huge numbers of classified documents.

An attempt by Germanys opposition to force the government to let former U.S. National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden travel to Berlin to testify on the agencys activities was thrown out by the countrys constitutional court.

In the year since goateed ex-National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden catapulted to fame, he has been portrayed in street art, installations, songs and advertisements.

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