Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden has carried out one of the biggest leaks in US history, exposing a top-secret NSA surveillance program to the media. Leading tech companies were revealed to be involved in intelligence gathering through PRISM spy tool.
15:26 GMT: A receptionist at the Honk Kong’s Mira Hotel
told the Washington Post newspaper that a guest named, Edward
Snowden, has been staying there, but checked out on Monday.
14:31 GMT: New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has
cancelled a planned photo op with Hong Kong chief executive Leung
Chun-ying.
“It would have been a circus, so we decided to catch up with
him another time,” a mayoral spokesperson told the Guardian,
as Hong Kong is where whistleblower Edward Snowden fled.
On Sunday, the Guardian newspaper revealed the source behind its
series of publications on the US National Security Agency, which
became on the biggest leaks in US political history.
Former CIA contractor, Edward Snowden, said that making the truth
public was “a matter of principle” and he had no intention
to hide his identity. The 29-year-old then left America for Honk
Kong fearing prosecution by US authorities.
The top-secret documents, Snowden leaked to the journalists,
proved the existence of an extensive US National Security
Agency’s spying program called PRISM, which was designed to
collect information about digital communications, allowing
real-time online surveillance of US citizens. The intelligence
was also revealed to be collected by and shared with other
governments.
This article originally appeared on: RT