[caption id="attachment_107718" align="alignright" width="210"] Snowden said the majority of Americans are not fully aware of how wide-ranging the government's spying programs are.[/caption] Edward Snowden would go to the US if he was sure that he would face a fair trial there, the former NSA contractors lawyer Anatoly Kucherena says. "Edward ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden began working for a website last Friday, said his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. The name of the website hasnt been named for security reasons. The head of the most popular Russian social network VKontakte (In Contact), Pavel Durov, who has previously sent an invitation to Snowden to work ...

The recent sentencing of US Army Private Bradley Manning clearly demonstrates that there will be no fair trial in the United States for Edward Snowden, another intelligence leaker who is wanted in the US for espionage charges, his Russian attorney said. After months of legal battle, a US military judge sentenced Manning to 35 years in prison Wednesday ...

WASHINGTON:US intelligence leaker Edward Snowdensays neither his father nor hisfather's attorneyspeak for him "in any way," according to a statement published on Friday by an online news site. "I would like to correct the record: I've been fortunate to have legal advice from an international team of some of the finest lawyers in the world, and to ...

American whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has been recently granted asylum in Russia, is not in the capital Moscow, Russian migration authorities say. On August 6, Snowden's lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, said the former contractor for the US National Security Agency (NSA), had registered his place of residence with the authorities, but did not reveal ...

The lawyer of American whistleblower Edward Snowden has rejected as cynical the US official claims of filing lawfully grounded requests for Snowdens extradition from Russia. White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Thursday that Washington is extremely disappointed with the Russian government for granting temporary asylum to Snowden despite ...

SHAFAQNA (International Shia News Association) Speaking to the media, Snowdens lawyer also said that he is planning to invite his clients father to Russia who would be accompanied by a US lawyer. Earlier, Lon Snowden claimed that his son would be better off staying in Russia, because he wont get a fair trial in the US. The lawyer also stated that ...

The United States has reassured Russia that American intelligence leaker Edward Snowden would not face the death penalty and torture if Moscow handed him over. In a letter to Russian Minister of Justice Alexander Vladimirovich Konovalov this week, US Attorney General Eric Holder said the espionage charges Snowden faces do not carry the death penalty....

American whistleblower Edward Snowden should remain at Russias Sheremetyevo International Airport for a little longer as his asylum plea is still under review by Russian immigration authorities, his lawyer says. Anatoly Kucherena, who met Snowden in Moscow on Wednesday, said his client still has to stay at the transit zone, Russia Today reported. Kucherena ...

Russias Immigration Service has reportedly granted entry permission to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who has been stranded at a Moscow airport since last month. Snowden, who had been living in the transit zone of Sheremetyevo Airport since the day he arrived from Hong Kong on June 23, applied for temporary asylum in Russia last week. His request ...

MOSCOW Fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has applied for temporary asylum in Russia, a pro-Kremlin lawyer who has been in contact with him said on Tuesday. "The application has been filed with the Russian authorities" though the Federal Migration Service (FMS), Anatoly Kucherena told AFP. "I have just left him," he said after meeting ...