'Protecting whistleblowers is not a hostile act': Edward Snowden seeks asylum in France
Edward Snowden, living in Russia since leaking classified documents showing the scope of post-9/11 US government surveillance, wants to claim asylum in France. Paris: Whistleblower Edward Snowden, living in Russia since leaking a trove of classified documents showing the scope of post-9/11 US government surveillance, wants to claim asylum in France, according to an interview published on Saturday. Recalling he had already applied for French asylum in 2013 under former president Francois Hollande, Snowden, whose memoirs “Permanent Record” are published next Tuesday, told France Inter radio he hoped President Emmanuel Macron would grant him that right. In a video on his Twitter account, Snowden said last week that “everything that we do now lasts forever, not because we want to remember but because we’re no longer allowed to forget”.
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