National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden says it would "chill speech" and "erode the quality of our democracy" if he serves a long prison term in the United States.

Snowden's supporters are pushing for Mr Obama to pardon him.

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Former US attorney general Eric Holder has said whistleblower Edward Snowden performed a "public service" by sparking a debate about secret domestic surveillance programmes, but insisted that he should still return to the US to stand trial.

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A US government plane was parked at Copenhagen Airport in June 2013 waiting to fly former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden to the States, according to Denmark's justice minister.

British and US intelligence cracked the codes of Israeli drones operating in the Middle East and monitored their surveillance feeds for almost 20 years, according to documents leaked by American whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Edward Snowden says he has offered to return to the United States and go to jail for leaking details of National Security Agency programmes to intercept electronic communications data on a vast scale.

WikiLeaks has published documents it says shows the US National Security Agency (NSA) eavesdropped on the last three French presidents.

Britain has been forced to withdraw intelligence agents from operations because Russia and China have obtained access to secret information in files stolen by US whistleblower Edward Snowden, senior UK government sources have indicated.

The bulk collection of Americans’ phone records by the government exceeds what Congress has allowed, a federal appeals court has said.

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A former head of the Royal Navy has branded Edward Snowden a “traitor” and “irresponsible” after the US whistleblower declined to reveal if he had read every document he leaked to the press.

A former head of the Royal Navy has branded Edward Snowden a “traitor” and “irresponsible” after the US whistleblower declined to reveal if he had read every document he leaked to the press.

Former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden says he wants to return to the US if he is guaranteed a fair trial, according to his Russian lawyer.

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National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has claimed he worked undercover for the CIA, and said that he would like to return to the US.

Ireland might have an ambiguous relationship with its own whistleblowers, but a new survey indicates that internationally, we could be living in the era of the whistleblower.

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has made a surprise appearance as a speaker at the TED conference in Vancouver, claiming certain governments wanted him dead.

The fight against terrorism can never justify secret and illegal mass surveillance, the European Parliament has said, demanding that a range of agreements with the US be scrapped or put on hold.

Edward Snowden was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian politicians, including a former government minister, for contributing to transparency and global stability by exposing a US surveillance programme.

It has been claimed that the National Security Agency in the US has collected up to 200 million text messages a day from across the world.

A federal judge has ruled that a massive US phone-tracking programme is legal.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says some National Security Agency spying has gone too far and says it will be stopped.

The United Nations has received assurances from the US government that its communications networks “are not and will not be monitored” by American intelligence agencies, it said.

It's emerged this evening that the Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister raised concerns about the possible bugging of phones and emails in Ireland by the US as early as last July.

Britain and the US are jointly hacking Yahoo and Google data around the world, according to the latest leak from former security worker Edward Snowden.

France has summoned the US ambassador to explain why American spies secretly checked millions of French phone records.

Scotland Yard has said that the detention of the partner of a Guardian journalist at the centre of revelations about US and British security services was "legally and procedurally sound".

President Barack Obama has cancelled plans to meet Russian president Vladimir Putin, a rare diplomatic snub and retribution for Russia’s decision to grant temporary asylum to secrets whistleblower Edward Snowden.

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has been granted asylum in Russia for one year and left the transit zone of Moscow airport, his lawyer says.

US sanctions against any country offering asylum to Edward Snowden have advanced in Congress as the 30-year-old National Security Agency leaker remained in a Moscow airport while Russia weighed a request for him to stay permanently.

President Vladimir Putin said US National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden has been warned against taking any actions that would damage relations between Moscow and Washington.

US security whistleblower Edward Snowden has asked for temporary asylum in Russia, according to reports.

Russian immigration officials say they have not received an application from Edward Snowden, the US National Security Agency leaker who wants to get asylum in Russia.

National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden wants asylum in Russia and is willing to stop sharing information as a trade-off for such a deal, according to a parliament member who was among a dozen activists and officials to meet with him.

Ireland has denied the US an arrest warrant for whistleblower Edward Snowden in case he lands in the country, it has been revealed.

An influential Russian parliament member who often speaks for the Kremlin is encouraging NSA leaker Edward Snowden to accept Venezuela’s offer of asylum.

Presidents Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua and Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela said today they were willing to grant asylum to US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said it is impossible for Ireland to offer asylum to the whistleblower Edward Snowden for the time being.

The United States won’t be scrambling military jets or engaging in diplomatic bartering to get National Security Agency (NSA) leaker Edward Snowden extradited to the US, said President Barack Obama.

Ecuador could take months to decide whether to grant asylum to fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden, its foreign minister has said.

Russia’s foreign minister has rejected American demands to extradite National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who has apparently stopped in Moscow while trying to evade US justice.

The US has asked for help from both enemies and uneasy allies in an effort to catch fugitive National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden.