PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden may have left Hong Kong hotel
A MAN staying at the Mira Hotel in Hong Kong under PRISM whistleblower Edward Snowden’s name has reportedly checked out.
The Wall Street Journal reports an American named Edward Snowden checked in to the Mira Hotel in canada goose outlet vancouver a waterfront area of Hong Kong on June 1, staying for more than a week before checking out yesterday afternoon.
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Meanwhile, reeling from the sensational revelation of its secret global internet monitoring program, Washington stepped up its probe into Snowden.
The 29 year old technology expert who worked for a private firm subcontracted to the US National Security Agency has become an instant hero for transparency advocates and libertarians around the globe.
But his exposure of the NSA worldwide monitoring of private users web traffic and of US citizens phone records has infuriated US intelligence officials and embarrassed President Barack Obama White House.
Mr Obama spy chief, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, has described the leak as gravely damaging to US security, and referred the matter to the Justice Department, which has launched an investigation.
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There was much speculation yesterday about Hong Kong likely stance in the event the US government asks for Mr Snowden extradition, and analysts divided on whether the territory ultimate rulers in Beijing would intervene.
The case has also turned the spotlight on the United States widespread use of outside contractors for sensitive intelligence work; Mr Snowden is a former low level CIA employee now employed by private outfit Booz Allen Hamilton.
Companies like Booz employ tens of thousands of technicians and analysts with top secret security clearances to work on lucrative contracts with US intelligence agencies, and some are asking if they pose a security risk.
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“My sole motive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them,” Mr Snowden said, in a Guardian video.
Aussies not safe from data miningHe said he had gone public because he could not “allow the US government to destroy privacy, Internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they secretly building.”
Mr Snowden flew to Hong Kong on May 20 after copying at the NSA office in Hawaii the documents he intended to disclose, the Guardian said.
The US Consulate in Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Security bureau refused to comment on the case, but a senior pro Beijing lawmaker in Hong Kong told reporters Mr Snowden should probably leave the city.
Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, is “obliged to comply with the terms of agreements” with the US government, Regina Ip said.
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“The intelligence community is currently reviewing the damage that has been done by these recent disclosures,” Mr Clapper said. The Justice Department confirmed that it was investigating the matter.