Edward Snowden, 29, was an employee at Booz Allen Hamilton for less than three months. He claimed responsibility for leaking documents that described highly classified government surveillance programs to newspapers in the U.S. and the UK. The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into the leaking of the documents. A petition to the White House seeking a full pardon for Snowden had more than 47,000 signatures by 11 a.m. today. Russian government has said it’s willing to consider an asylum request by Snowden, who is reportedly hiding in Hong Kong.”]
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