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'Russia is not a colony, US has no legal basis to claim Snowden' - lawyer:

The US government stance on Edward Snowden causes more harm than good to the USA, lawyer Anatoly Kucherena said, calling the US officials' claims of filing "Lawfully" Grounded requests for his extradition "Cynical". Ref. Source 6

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Greenwald claims up to 20,000 Snowden documents are in his possession:

Glenn Greenwald testified before a Brazilian Senate foreign relations committee on Tuesday. "I did not do an exact count, but he gave me 15,000, 20,000 documents. Very, very complete and very long," Greenwald told Brazilian lawmakers. Ref. Source 7

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President Barack Obama said at a news conference that he's taking steps to improve public confidence in national security surveillance.

These include working with Congress to pursue appropriate improvements of the telephone surveillance program; reforming the secret court that approves that initiative; improving transparency to provide as much information as possible to the public; and appointing a high-level, independent group of outside experts to review surveillance technologies.

Obama also said his decision to not meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow next month was not solely related to Russia's decision to grant temporary asylum to admitted NSA leaker Edward Snowden. He said the United States must "Take a pause" In dealing with Russia.

Obama said Snowden can return to the United States and "Make his case" In court if he "Believes what he did is right."

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Edward Snowden Says Media Being Misled 'About My Situation':

National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden wants to set the record straight after individuals associated with his father have, in his words, "Misled" Journalists into "Printing false claims about my situation." Ref. Source 5

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Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell, sources say:

Snowden downloaded information while employed by Dell about eavesdropping programs run by the NSA and Britain's Government Communications Headquarters, and left an electronic footprint indicating when he accessed the documents, said the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity. Ref. Source 7

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Guardian partners with New York Times over Snowden GCHQ files:

Some of Edward Snowden cache shared with US paper after 'climate of intense pressure' from UK government. Journalists in America are protected by the first amendment which guarantees free speech and in practice prevents the state seeking pre-publication injunctions or "Prior restraint". Ref. Source 5

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Top Secret: Snowden reveals US intelligence's black budget:

Edward Snowden has leaked a new top-secret document that for the first time ever publically discloses how the United States spends tens of billions of dollars annually on clandestine spy programs. Ref. Source 3

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The New York Times and the Guardian report that the National Security Agency has cracked much of the encryption meant to protect the privacy of online information ranging from e-mails and financial transactions to medical records and Web searches, according to information obtained from top-secret documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. Ref. USAToday.com

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Federal officials on Tuesday released previously classified documents showing misuse of a domestic spying program in 2009. The documents released Tuesday relate to a time in 2009 when U.S. Spies went too far in collecting domestic phone data and then misled a secret spy court about their activities. A federal judge in 2011 said in a declassified order that he was troubled by at least three incidents over three years where government officials admitted to mistaken collection of domestic data. Ref. USAToday