Edward Snowden Pledges Allegiance to Russia, Receives Russian Passport: Lawyer

Edward Snowden, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contractor who leaked accusation astir the agency’s wide home surveillance operations during the Obama administration, has received a Russian passport and taken the citizenship oath, Russian media quoted his lawyer arsenic saying Friday. Snowden’s lawyer, Anatoly Kucherena, was cited by Russian authorities media TASS arsenic saying that his lawsuit connected Thursday received his Russian passport and pledged ...