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An Icelandic businessman has offered to help NSA leaker Edward Snowden flee to Iceland to seek asylum.
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The company that vetted Edward Snowden is now under investigation for failing to conduct quality background checks.
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NSA officials defended controversial snooping programs to skeptical lawmakers Tuesday. Dana Bash reports.
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Apple says it received between 4,000 and 5,000 requests in six months for customer data from U.S. law enforcement.
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CNN's Brian Todd looks at concerns that NSA leaker Edward Snowden could give information to China or other U.S. rivals.
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FBI Director Robert Mueller tells lawmakers U.S. surveillance programs are legal. CNN's Dana Bash reports.
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No one knows where Edward Snowden and his girlfriend are, but some of Snowden's friends are coming forward to defend him.
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National Security Agency Director Gen. Army Gen. Keith Alexander told Congress on Wednesday dozens of potential terror attacks were prevented because of secret surveillance of phone records and other similar programs.
Current and former government officials are coming forward to defend the NSA's tactics, which a former agency contractor, Edward Snowden, said he leaked to the media.
FULL STORYThe NSA chief defends U.S. surveillance programs before a Senate committee. CNN's Dana Bash reports.
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CNN's Joe Johns discusses getting the charges right against NSA leaker Edward Snowden.
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