NSA leaker Snowden charged with espionage: report - MarketWatch

NSA leaker Snowden charged with espionage: report - MarketWatch: "The U.S. government has asked Hong Kong to detain National Security Agency classified-document leaker Edward Snowden after filing a sealed criminal complaint against him, the Washington Post reported late Friday, citing federal officials. Snowden, 29, is reportedly being charged with espionage, theft and conversion of government property after disclosing information about top-secret surveillance activities at the agency. The information was subsequently reported in the newspapers the Guardian and the Washington Post. The complaint was reportedly filed in Virginia, where Snowden's then-employer and NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. is headquartered."

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