Edward Snowden, the U.S. leaker who’s been holed up so long inside the transit zone of a Moscow airport that reporters and …
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A Whistleblower in Ecuador: The Belarusian Dissident Who Found Asylum in Quito
Alexander Barankov’s story has echoes of a Cold War spy thriller. “When I saw so many secret service cars coming for me,” the softly-spoken 31-year-old says as he sits in a Quito shopping mall, “I realized they would …
Snowden and Putin: U.S. Whistle-Blower’s Fate Is in Russian President’s Hands
For Russia’s spy agencies, the arrival of Edward Snowden in Moscow on Sunday would have presented a great temptation, like a king salmon jumping into the lap of a grizzly bear. Here was a bona fide American intelligence source …
Russian Hospitality: Why Snowden Picked Moscow as His Transit Point
It seems Moscow is a safe enough place for whistle-blowers to seek some respite, however temporary
Edward Snowden, NSA Whistle-Blower, Wins Unusual Sympathizers in Latin America
Ecuador is no human-rights darling. Left-wing President Rafael Correa has built a decidedly authoritarian reputation that includes a yen for prosecuting journalists who irk him. This week he won passage of a media bill that …
What’s Next for Snowden: 10 Notorious Leakers and How They Fared
As security experts, law enforcement officials and the public at-large ponders where NSA surveillance leaker James Snowden will end up next, we look back at 10 other whistle-blowers and what came after their well-publicized actions
The Allegations Against Assange: Views from Sweden
Most Swedes want the Wikileaks founder to respond to their country’s legal inquiries but a vocal few feel Sweden’s definitions of rape have gotten too stringent
Assange’s Special Asylum: Why Ecuador Isn’t Nice to Anyone Else
The government of Rafael Correa extends its hospitality to the WikiLeaks founder but is accused of harassing unfriendly journalists and may extradite a whistle-blower from Belarus to face grave charges in the country described as …
Why Is Ecuador Julian Assange’s Choice for Asylum?
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has appealed for asylum at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. It’s a curious choice: under President Rafael Correa, Ecuador’s free speech record has been dismal.
Conflict in the Air: U.S. Vows to Keep Reporting on Pollution in China
Since 2008, the U.S. Embassy in Beijing has issued hourly pollution readings of small airborne particles known as PM 2.5 on the Twitter feed @beijingair, a service has since spread to U.S. consulates in Guangzhou and Shanghai. …
Must-Reads From Around the World: May 30, 2012
Suu Kyi’s World Tour – Armed with her passport and the freedom to travel without restrictions or fear, Burmese opposition leader and iconic democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi embarked on her first international trip in 24 years, …
WikiLeaks’ Stratfor E-Mails Reveal Unexpected Talent for Comedy
When WikiLeaks released a trove of diplomatic cables penned by U.S. ambassadors at the end of 2010, it soon became clear the missives weren’t simply a fascinating window onto world affairs. Many of them were also a damn good …
The Saudi-Iranian Cold War: Is This the Future of the Middle East?
It’s easy to overlook the killing of a single person in violence-plagued Pakistan, not least in Karachi, a seaside metropolis ever in danger of boiling over into sectarian bloodshed. But the murder of a Saudi diplomat by unknown assailants ought to raise eyebrows. Saudi Arabia’s tangled, pervasive influence in Pakistan has been well …