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Russia is extending the residency permit of Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor who leaked evidence of the NSA's bulk data collection program.

The Russian government announced the extension via social media, NPR's Lucian Kim reports from Moscow:


Snowden, who is under indictment in the U.S., is living in Russia under a grant of asylum, NPR's Carrie Johnson 

This week, President Obama commuted the sentence of another famous leaker of state secrets: Chelsea Manning, the army intelligence analyst who released hundreds of thousands of U.S. documents to Wikileaks. The president notably did not grant a pardon to Snowden, as The Associated Press reports:

Lucian notes that last month, a report by the House of Representatives was declassified and made available to the public. It concluded that Snowden has had contact with Russia's intelligence surveys.

"Snowden rejected the report as riddled with 'obvious falsehoods,' " Lucian reports.

 Obama to pardon Snowden, and report they have delivered a petition signed by 1.1 million people calling for such a pardon. They note that Snowden's revelations exposed violations of the law, triggering reform.  Copyright 2019 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org.

A spokeswoman for Russia's foreign ministry announced the extension on Facebook, while ridiculing a former deputy CIA chief. Snowden is in exile in Russia; his supporters have called for a pardon.

Russia extends residency permit for Edward Snowden

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