Edward Snowden

EghtesadOnline: Of all the lasting effects of Edward Snowden ’s leaks, there’s one photo that leaves a particularly strong mark. In it, U.S. federal employees in T-shirts and blue jeans are seen intercepting network equipment from Cisco Systems Inc. at a shipping facility. The feds in the photo, their faces obscured, were reprogramming the machines to spy on people’s activities.

EghtesadOnline: Norway’s Supreme Court has rejected Edward Snowden ’s request to enter the country without the risk of being extradited to the US. He had hoped to receive an award for outstanding efforts for freedom of expression.

EghtesadOnline: Donald Trump's election as U.S. president raises concern that Washington may increase the intrusiveness of domestic intelligence gathering, former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said on Monday, warning that democratic checks and balances were losing ground to authoritarianism.