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• Edward Snowden travelled to India before 2011: report

  CIA contractor Edward Snowden, who leaked some of America's most closely guarded secrets, had travelled to India before 2011 but did not report the trip during his background-check process, an international daily said today citing a review report.

• Edward Snowden downloaded NSA secrets while working for Dell, sources say

  Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden began downloading documents describing the US government's electronic spying programmes while he was working for Dell Inc in April 2012, almost a year earlier than previously reported, according to US officials and other sources familiar with the matter.

• NSA official says no one fired, or offered to resign, over Edward Snowden

  The deputy director of the US National Security Agency said on Wednesday that no one had been fired and no one had offered to resign over former security contractor Edward Snowden's ability to take large amounts of classified data from agency computers.

• Cyber scrutiny, not snooping says Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid of US surveillance

  A day after Europe's furious reaction to reports that the US spied on more than 30 embassies and diplomatic missions of its allies including India, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said that America's surveillance programme of phone logs and Internet "is not snooping."

• Former US spy agency chief wants controls on unchecked data access

  Former National Security Agency director Mike McConnell, who now works for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, said people employed to sift through classified government data should not have solo access to the information.

• Russian spies may be chatting with 'tasty morsel' Edward Snowden

  Edward Snowden's disappearance from view has heightened speculation that the former US spy agency contractor may be talking to Russian secret services, which see him as a "tasty morsel" that is too good to miss.

• How much secret material did Edward Snowden take? US officials unsure

  US intelligence agencies are worried they do not yet know how much highly sensitive material is in the possession of former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden, whose whereabouts are unclear, several US officials said.

• 'I got Booz Allen job for access to NSA programs': Edward Snowden

  Edward Snowden said he accepted a job at contractor Booz Allen Hamilton to gain access to details of the US National Security Agency's surveillance programs, according to the South China Morning Post.

• Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped: Edward Snowden

  Rogue intelligence technician Edward Snowden said on Monday that the US government would not be able to halt his revelations about its secret surveillance programs.

• Edward Snowden rejects suggestions he is a spy for China

  Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the US government's top-secret surveillance programs, fought back against his critics on Monday and denied allegations that he was a spy for China.

• While working for spies, Edward Snowden was prolific online

  While working for US intelligence agencies, Edward Snowden had another secret identity: an online commentator who anonymously railed against citizen surveillance and corporate greed.

• US hunted for Edward Snowden in days before he leaked NSA programs

  US government investigators began an urgent search for Edward Snowden several days before the first media reports were published on the government's secret surveillance programs, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.