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General Category => Trump Legal Investigations => Topic started by: EC on August 07, 2014, 10:23:41 am
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BREAKING: NSA leaker Edward Snowden's lawyer says Russia grants Snowden 3-year residence permit
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Fugitive US whistleblower Edward Snowden has been granted permission to stay in Russia for three more years, his lawyer says.
His year-long leave to stay in Russia had expired on 31 July.
Mr Snowden fled the US in 2013 after leaking details of the National Security Agency's surveillance and telephone-tapping operations.
The US has charged him with theft of government property and communicating classified information.
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surprise, surprise, surprise