Edward Snowden has turned in his application for temporary asylum in Russia, a Russian human rights lawyer told the Associated Press. That application (and, of course, its approval) is the first step ...

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A day after submitting an application for temporary asylum in Russia, the lawyer representing Edward Snowden tells Russia's Interfax news agency that the NSA leaker could leave the transit zone of ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Edward Snowden emerged from weeks of hiding in a Moscow airport, saying Friday that he wants asylum in Russia before moving on to Latin America and assailing U.S. surveillance programs ...

WASHINGTON — The White House criticized Russia on Friday for allowing National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to meet with human rights activists, calling it a “propaganda platform” for the man ...

(This post was updated at 6:17 p.m.) Fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden said in a letter released Monday that he was "unbowed" and thanked his "new friends" for his continued liberty. The ...

MOSCOW (AP) — National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden left transit zone of a Moscow airport and entered Russia after authorities granted him temporary asylum, his lawyer said Thursday. Anatoly ...