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Wikileaks Denies that Russia Spies Tried to Hire Edward Snowden
The AP reported that a WikiLeaks employee said that Russian intelligence offered NSA whistleblower Snowden a job in 2013, but that he rejected it.WikiLeaks denied claims that the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) had unsuccessfully attempted to recruit whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden after a false newspaper report was published Monday.
The Associated Press published a story reporting that WikiLeaks employee Sarah Harrison had confirmed that the Russian FSB intelligence security approached Snowden with a job offer in 2013 when he was stuck in Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport for six weeks.
However, Wikileaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson denied the allegations, telling Sputnik News, “I talked to Sarah [Harrison] and she wants to reiterate that she simply said that we confirm that [Snowden] was approached by the Russian Security Service while at the airport. As he actually indeed confirmed himself in his testimony to the EU parliament in January last year."
WikiLeaks has worked closely with Edward Snowden. The FSB refused comment on the reports.
Snowden disclosed millions of classified documents to journalists in 2013, revealing information on the NSA’s and the U.K. intelligence agency’s mass surveillance programs, such as phone tapping and snooping on internet activities of ordinary citizens.
Following the revelations, Snowden fled the United States to avoid espionage charges. Russia granted Snowden temporary asylum in August 2013.
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