Edward Snowden
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New life in Montreal for family that helped Edward Snowden flee to Hong KongThey are among the seven people who offered help and shelter to Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong after leaking classified documents from the U.S. National Security Agency.CanadaSep 29, 2021
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Mass surveillance program of U.S. phone records exposed by Snowden illegal: appeals courtIn a ruling handed down on Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the warrantless telephone dragnet that secretly collected millions of Americans' telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional.PoliticsSep 2, 2020
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Trump says he’s looking at possible pardon for Edward SnowdenSnowden fled the United States and was given asylum in Russia after he leaked a trove of secret files in 2013 to news organizations that revealed vast domestic and international surveillance operations carried out by the NSA.WorldAug 15, 2020
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Trudeau urged by lawyers to grant ‘Snowden refugees’ asylum in CanadaThe group offered shelter and other help for a few weeks to Snowden in 2013, who is wanted in the United States for leaking classified documents from the National Security Agency that exposed the scope of massive American government surveillance operations.CanadaOct 16, 2019
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Snowden reveals why he leaked and scale of U.S. surveillance in new memoirThe book, "Permanent Record," is scheduled to be released Tuesday.WorldSep 13, 2019
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Woman who helped Edward Snowden calls on Canada to accept other refugeesVanessa Rodel, who helped shelter Edward Snowden in Hong Kong, has settled in Montreal.CanadaMay 29, 2019
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This week on ‘Focus Montreal’: March 31Learn more about the fatal infection that killed a Montreal woman, meet the family who helped Edward Snowden and hear more about Côte Saint-Luc's Smart Cities Challenge proposal.CanadaMar 31, 2019
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Edward Snowden’s ‘guardian angel’ lands in Montreal, calls on Canada to help other refugeesVanessa Rodel said she hopes that Canada will also welcome the other people who helped shelter the American whistleblower.CanadaMar 26, 2019
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Woman who sheltered Edward Snowden arrives in Canada"I feel so great and I feel like I'm free," she said after arriving at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.CanadaMar 25, 2019
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Man who sheltered whistleblower Snowden needs Canada’s help immediately: lawyerOne of seven people who helped shelter former CIA whistleblower Edward Snowden when he fled to Hong Kong is in failing health and needs Canada's help, his lawyer Robert Tibbo said Monday.CanadaJun 26, 2018
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