Tag: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden Pledges Allegiance to Russia, Receives Russian Passport: Lawyer

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who leaked information about the agency’s widespread domestic surveillance operations during the Obama administration, has received a Russian passport and taken the citizenship oath, Russian media quoted his lawyer as saying Friday. Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, was cited by Russian state media TASS as saying that his…


Florida Residents Batten Down the Hatches as Hurricane Ian Approaches; Chicago SWAT Shooting | NTD Good Morning

Florida residents are battening down the hatches. Forecasters say Hurricane Ian could intensify into a category four Hurricane as it approaches the coast. A SWAT training exercise in Chicago turns into a live-fire scenario as an uninvited suspect enters by fire escape. Russian President Vladimir Putin grants citizenship to Edward Snowden — A man U.S. authorities would…


Putin Grants Russian Citizenship to NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday granted full Russian citizenship to Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who leaked information about the agency’s widespread domestic surveillance operations under the Obama administration. Snowden, 39, fled the United States to Russia in 2013 after he posted secret files that revealed the NSA’s operations. U.S….


Was Nashville Blast the New Fort Sumter?

Commentary It was unseasonably cold as my wife, daughter, and I emerged from a downtown Nasvhille restaurant where we had been enjoying a Christmas Eve dinner. All was quiet. That rarity in the South, a gentle snow, was drifting down, reflected in the Christmas lights of the neighboring buildings. It was almost magical. You could…