Snowden who leaked details of top-secret American mass surveillance programs, is currently in Russia
As expected, the Indian government on Tuesday rejected a request for asylum by US whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Snowden, who is on the run had made the request through the Indian Mission in Moscow three days ago.
A spokesperson in the external affairs ministry said, “I can confirm that earlier today our Embassy in Moscow did receive a communication dated 30 June from Mr Edward Snowden. That communication did contain a request for asylum. We have carefully examined the request. Following that examination we have concluded that we see no reason to accede to the request”.
Snowden, a US former technical contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee who leaked details of top-secret American mass surveillance programs, is currently in Russia.
Interestingly, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had last month claimed that he had sought asylum in India through its mission in the UK. However, external affairs ministry had denied receiving any such request.
Snowden is charged with violating American espionage laws.
His leaks revealed that the US intelligence used a secret data-mining programme to monitor worldwide internet data to spy on various countries, including India.
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