“He was a traitor and the information he provided our adversaries greatly hurt the safety of the American people,’ Bill said. “He was peddling it around like a commercial merchant. Then-Attorney General Bill Barr ‘vehemently opposed’ a potential pardon. A potential return to the United States seemed possible as, in August 2020, President Trump flirted with the idea of pardoning Snowden. “We submitted the documents in April and we got permanent residence rights,” he added. In October 2020, Reuters confirmed that Russia had granted Edward permanent residence. “His (Russian) residency permit was expiring and we asked to extend it,” Anatoly Kucherena, his Russian lawyer, told Reuters. Edward was granted permanent residence in Russia in late 2020 where he lives with his wife and child People initially viewed Snowden’s views as treasonable, but recent polls show that many have come to appreciate his leak due to the legal reforms it inspired. He came to international attention after the leaks appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, and other publications.
In May 2013, Snowden flew to Hong Kong, where he presented journalists with drives containing thousands of NSA documents. Snowden initially reported the perceived ethical breaches of the surveillance internally, but no one seemed interested in addressing the issues raised. His leak revealed numerous global surveillance programs run by the United States and the United Kingdom. Edward Snowden is a former NSA contractor who leaked highly classified information from the agency in 2013.
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